SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor

VESSEL NO.: 172, Burial A-13

VESSEL FORM: Bottle

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light grayish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 6.5 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 14.6

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 5.6; maximum body diameter: 10.0 cm

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.8 cm, circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.4

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel body has three sets of curvilinear engraved elements that wrap around each other and meet in an open circle. The curvilinear engraved lines begin at the apex of upper and lower open pendant triangle elements with open or hatched corners.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Wilder Engraved, var. Wilder

Wilder Engraved, var. Wilder bottle, No. 172, H. R. Taylor site.