SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. C. Slider

VESSEL NO.: 2003.08.24, Burial 2, Vessel 3

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

VESSEL FORM: Jar with two strap handles; the strap handles measure 43 x 23 mm in height and width

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.5 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 10.8

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 10.4

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.7; flat and circular

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.2

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): There are six horizontal rows of pinching on the rim, divided by either strap handles (with horizontal pinched decorations on them) or two sets of four vertical pinched rows. The vessel body has four pinched concentric circles divided by upper and lower incised chevron-shaped elements.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Killough Pinched

Killough Pinched jar, Burial 2, Vessel 3.