SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Hatchel (41BW3)

VESSEL NO.: 6-1-2; Burial Plot 1, Burial 1

VESSEL FORM: Bottle

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black; fire clouds on the rim and body

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 4.8 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 13.3

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 3.7

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 3.9; maximum body diameter of 8.2 cm

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.0 cm; circular and rounded

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.27

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): There are three horizontal engraved lines at the top of the vessel panel and a body panel with four sets of an engraved motif. The motif consists of a large semi-circle filled with vertical engraved lines; one vertical line is bifurcated near the top of the semi-circle. The motifs are divided by a single vertical engraved line that merges with an engraved pendant triangle; the pendant triangles have either diagonal opposed lines or excised opposed zones.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: red pigment in the engraved lines

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Hatchel Engraved

Hatchel Engraved bottle (6-1-2) in Burial 1 in Burial Plot 1 at the Hatchel site. Photograph courtesy of TARL.