41BW3, 6-1-29

SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Hatchel (41BW3)VESSEL NO.: 6-1-29; Burial Plot 2, Burial 23VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowlNON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and boneRIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lipCORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown; fire clouds on the bodyEXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and baseWALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 4.8 mmINTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the rim; smoothed on the bodyEXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnishedHEIGHT (IN CM): 10.2ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 15.8DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 16.2BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.0 cm; circular and roundedESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.0DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved motif repeated twice around the vessel. The motif consists of horizontal and curvilinear scrolls divided by two diagonal engraved lines. The scrolls have cross-hatched engraved brackets that interlock with upper and lower horizontal engrave lines at the top and bottom of the engraved rim panel.PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: noneTYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Barkman EngravedBarkman Engraved carinated bowl (6-1-29) in Burial 23 in Burial Plot 2 at the Hatchel site. Photograph courtesy of TARL.