Title

Vessel 46, Burial 9, 2003.08.1857

Creator

Timothy K. Perttula, Heritage Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State UniversityFollow
Robert Z. Selden Jr., Heritage Research Center, Stephen F. Austin State UniversityFollow

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Creation Date

2018

Description

Vessel 46 (2003.08.1857)

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and hematite

VESSEL FORM: Bottle with long and slightly flaring neck

RIM AND LIP FORM: direct rim and a rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-brown; fire clouding at the neck

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-brown; fire clouding on the neck, body, and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): neck, 5.6 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished at the neck

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 16.3

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.9

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 4.8; 9.7 cm maximum body diameter

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.2

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.53

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The main engraved decoration on the vessel body is in a panel defined by two upper and lower horizontal engraved lines. The panel is divided into four sub-panels by vertical brackets. The main element in each sub-panel is a concentric circle: at the center of three of the concentric circles is a small equal arm cross; one of the concentric circle panels has a small swastika in circle element. Within each panel are semi-circles and two small sets of horizontal or vertical lines that connect the outer panel with the concentric circles.

The vertical brackets have upper and lower semi-circles. They also have a set of closely-spaced horizontal engraved lines across their middle, as well as miscellaneous engraved lines that extend from the outer bracket to the interior semi-circles.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: red pigment in engraved lines on vessel body

TYPE [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified

Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified bottle, Vessel 46, Burial 9.

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Recommended Citation

Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "Vessel 46, Burial 9, 2003.08.1857" (2018). Index of Texas Archaeology: Ripley Engraved. 259.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-ripleyengraved/259