Cylindrical body with long, slender, solid spike; notably thin walled. Cylindrical neck. Narrow, outward thickened rim with rounded lip. Circular, bifid handles attach to shoulder and just below rim but peak in a sharp angle slightly above rim.
Fabric, firing, surface
Fabric (core and interior surface): 2.5YR 6/8, light red, to 10R 6/8, light red; (exterior): 10YR 8/4, very pale brown. Hard, fine fabric with vaguely sandy texture; rare mica, uncommon, small, rounded white inclusions and rare, small, subrounded, red inclusions. Koan.
Preservation description
Eight joining fragments (a) preserve entire toe and most of lower and middle body, and one nonjoining fragment from the same vessel (b) preserves small part of upper neck and rim and one entire handle. Slight to moderate, extensive patches of encrustation.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 607, 725, 726, no. 147, fig. 17.61 (identified as Dressel 5).
