VESSEL NO.: Burial 11, Vessel 84; 2003.08.97

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and hematite

VESSEL FORM: Jar with four strap handles, four rim peaks, and a collared rim

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded lip

CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown; organic residue on the rim

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; organic residue on the rim

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 7.4 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

HEIGHT (IN CM): 13.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 14.5

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 11.5

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.5; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.2

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel rim is decorated with tool rows of tool punctations (under the lip and at the rim-body juncture) as well as closely-spaced vertical incised lines. The vessel body has an appliqued fillet scroll and circle motif that is repeated four times around the vessel. Each appliqued fillet circle has either a small oval or circular punctated appliqued node at its center. The upper and lower scroll fill zones are composed of appliqued fillet triangles and curvilinear appliqued fillet lines. The strap handles are decorated with three pinched ridges.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Harleton Appliqued

Harleton Appliqued jar, Enis Smith cemetery, Burial 11, Vessel 84.