VESSEL NO.: Burial 3, Vessel 23; 2003.08.244

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog; sandy paste

VESSEL FORM: Jar

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

CORE COLOR: N/A

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown to dark grayish-brown; fire clouds on the rim and body

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.5 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 19.4

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 17.7

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 16.6

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.6; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 3.1

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has an engraved curvilinear scroll motif repeated four times around the vessel. The vessel body has an engraved spiral motif with a small circle at its center. The spirals are divided by upper and lower open triangles at the top and bottom of the body.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Wilder Engraved, var. Wilder

Wilder Engraved, var. Wilder jar, Herbert Taft cemetery, Burial 3, Vessel 23.