VESSEL NO.: Burial 8, Vessel 53; 2003.08.1760

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

VESSEL FORM: Jar with a short rim

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on rim, body, and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.1 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

HEIGHT (IN CM): 23.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 16.9

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 16.2

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 8.0; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 3.5

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has five closely-spaced horizontal rows of tool punctations. The vessel body has four appliqued fillet triangular panels and cross-hatched appliqued fillets. The triangular panels are filled with appliqued nested diamonds.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Harleton Appliqued

Harleton Appliqued jar, Enis Smith cemetery, Burial 8, Vessel 53.