SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Herrington Collection

VESSEL NO.: 1

VESSEL FORM: Bowl

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and bone

RIM AND LIP FORM: Inverted rim and rounded lip

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown; fire clouds on the body

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 6.2 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.5; rim height is 3.5 cm

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 21.4

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 18.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.2; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.0

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has a panel marked by three horizontal engraved lines. The upper and lower horizontal lines have diagonal tick marks that point towards the central engraved line in the panel.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in engraved lines

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): cf. Simms Engraved, var. Darco

Simms Engraved, var. Darco bowl in the Herrington Collection.