VESSEL NO.: UC 39; 2003.08.1049
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog
VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip
CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: grayish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown; fire clouds on the rim
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): body, 8.3 mm; base, 8.8 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): N/A; rim panel is 5.0 cm in height
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 19.0
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 18.7
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: N/A
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): N/A
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has a curvilinear scroll line with very distinctive upper and lower scroll fill zones. The upper fill zone is comprised of a series of negative ovals defined by excised brackets and vertical excised lines with upper and lower attached excised pendant triangles. The lower fill zone consists of elongated triangular-shaped excised areas with negative ovals.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in the engraved lines
TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: cf. Hodges Engraved
cf. Hodges Engraved carinated bowl, I. P. Starr cemetery, Vessel 2003.08.1049.
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