SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Wm. Handy Place

CONTEXT INFORMATION: From a grave (Burial 2) in a cemetery excavated by Robert Shelton or Pete Miroir in 1940. Associated vessels include V-2040 and V-2042 to V-2044.

ACCESSION NO.: 5425-2021

VESSEL NO.: V-2041

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Bowl with a small globular body; vessel has a cut-down rim

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim with a flat cut-down lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray, with fire clouds

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray, with fire clouds

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 3.4 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the rim and body

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the rim and body

HEIGHT (IN CM): 10.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 11.4

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 11.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): N/A, rounded base

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.96 liters

DECORATION: The vessel has four vertical engraved panels filled with narrow sets of curvilinear and vertical engraved zones that have small punctates within each of the zones. The panels are separated from each other by one or two vertical engraved lines. At the bottom of each vertical panel is a continuous series of negative ovals defined by excising: the number of negative ovals ranges from six to eight in the four panels

TYPE: Handy Engraved

Handy Engraved bowl (5425-2021).