Title

41HS261, 2003.08.709, Burial 9, Vessel 34

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

2019

Description

SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: J. O. and Henry Brown

VESSEL NO.: 2003.08.709, Burial 9, Vessel No. 34

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

VESSEL FORM: Bottle with a spool neck

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 4.4 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 8.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 3.1

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 2.8; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.1

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel body has an engraved scroll motif that is repeated four times around the vessel. The scrolls end in hooked arms, and one line in each encircling scroll line has small excised tick marks on it. The scrolls originate in upper and lower open triangle elements.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Taylor Engraved

Taylor Engraved bottle, Burial 9, Vessel No. 34, J. O. and Henry Brown site.

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Recommended Citation

Perttula, Timothy K. and Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "41HS261, 2003.08.709, Burial 9, Vessel 34" (2019). Index of Texas Archaeology: Taylor Engraved. 48.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ita-taylorengraved/48