SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. C. Slider

VESSEL NO.: 2003.08.58, Burial 3, Vessel 9

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and bone

VESSEL FORM: Jar with two strap handles (58 x 36 mm in height and width)

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment but cooled in the open air)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds and organic residue on the rim and body

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 7.1 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

HEIGHT (IN CM): 16.9

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 15.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 14.6

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 8.0; flat and circular

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.3

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has five horizontal rows of pinching that are divided by either the two strap handles (both with vertical pinched rows) or two sets of three vertical pinched rows. The vessel body has diagonal to vertical brushing to within 1 cm of the vessel base.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: cf. Killough Pinched

Killough Pinched jar, Burial 3, Vessel 9.