VESSEL NO.: Burial 1, Vessel 1; 2003.08.924

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog; sandy paste

VESSEL FORM: Deep bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Inverted rim and rounded lip; the lip is notched (Figure 167)

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: red

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: red

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.4 mm; body, 5.7 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 21.6

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 20.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 22.7

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 9.4; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 3.5

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The narrow rim has sets (from 6-16 lines) of vertical engraved lines divided by single vertical engraved lines. The interior and exterior vessel surfaces have a red slip (Figure 167).

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Simms Engraved

Red-slipped Simms Engraved deep bowl, Herbert Taft cemetery, Burial 1, Vessel 1.