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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor
VESSEL NO.: 243, Burial A-20
VESSEL FORM: Jar with four lip tabs
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog
RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip
CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim and body
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base
WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 6.7 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the body
HEIGHT (IN CM): 13.0
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 13.0
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 12.4
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.0 cm, circular and flat
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.0
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has single upper and lower horizontal incised lines, and between these lines are closely-spaced vertical incised lines. The vessel body has four sets of appliqued ridge triangle elements filled with diagonal opposed appliqued ridges.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Harleton Appliqued
Harleton Appliqued jar, No. 243, H. R. Taylor site.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zac_selden/721/