Reconstructed vessels catalog

This flat bottom dish has a fairly thick lip decorated on the inside of the lip with motif A499 and on the outside with alternating triangular cutouts interspersed with dentate stamped lines (motif PK51). On the exterior the decoration begins with motif A1, followed by zone marker RZ4D-4R-2, below which is the main motif PK70, a variant of the zigzag design with diamonds at the bottom.

This well made, unrestricted bowl with carination might have been supported on a pedestal base, although this is not certain as it could also have had a rounded base. The interior surface is undecorated, while the lip carries a simple line of stamped circles (motif A417). On the exterior, decoration is confined to the space between the lip and the carination, and begins with motif A1, followed by zone marker RZ4D-4R-2. There are two main motifs

This flat bottom dish is represented only by a single rim sherd, although enough is present to reconstruct the vessel diameter. The inner rim and lip are decorated with two parallel RZ4D-2-2 zone markers. On the exterior, decoration commences with motif A1, below which is an RZ4D-3R-2 zone marker. The main motif (PK118) consists of raised nubbins surrounded by stamped circles and a circular zone marker. At least two of these circular designs were set apart in panels defined by vertical zone marker RZ4D-3V-2. An additional zone marker defines the lower edge of the rim just above the junction with the base.

This flat bottom dish is well made, with unusually thin walls and finely executed decoration. The interior surface is undecorated and slightly eroded. The lip is decorated with motif RG59, triangular cutout notches. On the exterior the decoration begins with motif A1, followed by zone marker RZ4D-4R-2. There are two different main motifs, separated by a vertical dentate stamped line. Motif PK77 is of the zigzag type, with undulating row of stamped circles along the bottom. Motif PK83 consists of several rows of parallel wavy lines made by fine incising rather than dentate stamping. Along the base of the rim beneath both main motifs is zone marker RZ4D-3-2, and then GS498, alternating triangular cutouts with dentate stamped lines.

This pedestal base, which almost certainly supported a finely-decorated bowl, is one of the finest examples of ceramic skill and artistry excavated at Talepakemalai. The main motif (PK119), on the upper part of the pedestal base, is a complex curvilinear design involving multiple dentate-stamped design elements combined with carved grooves that are filled in with lime. The motif is interpreted as representing two highly stylized, long-beaked birds facing each other. Below this is a band of motif A385, followed by motif A459. Immediately below this is motif PK120, consisting of more simplified long-beaked birds facing each other with beaks touching, each pair of birds separated by a dentate-stamped lozenge, the twin birds then repeating horizontally around the pedestal. Below the repeating long-beaked birds is zone marker RZ4D-5-2, followed by motif PK121, consisting of alternating, upright and inverted highly-stylized face designs, with the eyes represented by stamped circles and the nose by vertical stamped lines.

About three-quarters of this well-made flat-bottom dish were excavated in Area B. The inner rim has motif M2-2-1-2 above a RZ4D-4R-2 zone marker, while the flat lip is decorated with RG161. The main motif is a labyrinth type design (PK106) defined top and bottom with RZ4D-3R-2 zone markers.

This is a fairly thick-walled, flat bottom dish missing the lip. The main motif is PK80, of the zigzag family of motifs, with stamped diamonds along the bottom. There is only a small fragment of a curvilinear motif (TFG2319) that evidently alternated with PK80. Beneath the main motifs is zone marker RZ4D-3R-1, and the base of the rim is decorated with motif SHB18, triangular cutout notches alternating with a “spray” of dentate stamped lines.

This vessel is very similar to ECA-V-031 and is likely to have been made by the same potter. The everted lip carries motif PK241, alternating sets of slanting incised lines. On the exterior there are two motifs, PK107 above with a curvilinear pattern, and PK108 below consisting of triangular spaces filled in with slanting incised lines. The decoration ends at the carination.

This is a very thick ring foot base, quite similar to ECA-V-131 but differing in the details of motif PK465 and hence from a different vessel than the latter. On a vertical riser between cut outs there is motif PK201, consisting of a simple repeated series of horizontal dentate stamped lines. Another section between cut outs has a fragmentary motif, TFG1855. Below these, along the base of the ring foot, is a RZ4D-3-1 zone marker, below which is found motif PK465, a repeating series of vertical dentate stamped bars alternating with stamped semi-circles.

This rather thick-walled flat bottom dish has been highly eroded, probably from rolling in the tidal zone after discard. The lip is decorated with a row of stamped circles on the inside (motif A417) and alternating triangular cutouts on the outside (motif GS541). On the exterior the decoration consists of main motif PK126, a variant of the labyrinth design family, with motif PK381 (a U-shaped design) inserted between PK126. Motif FOH84, alternating triangular cutouts, runs along the base of the rim.