VESSEL NO.: Burial 9, Vessel 59; 2003.08.309

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and bone

VESSEL FORM: Jar

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: dark grayish-brown; organic residue on the rim

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the body; organic residue on the rim and body

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 8.1 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

HEIGHT (IN CM): 29.4

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 24.8

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 20.6

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 9.8; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 9.5

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has seven rows of horizontal neck bands. The vessel body is decorated with vertical brushing marks that extend from the rim-body juncture to 3.5 cm above the vessel base.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: La Rue Neck Banded

La Rue Neck Banded jar, Enis Smith cemetery, Burial 9, Vessel 59.