Artifact Information

Artifact	Water container/vessel
Artifact No.	H8/2559/4
Manufacturing Site	Possibly Lamphun
Date	Approximately 10th-13th century CE (Haripunjaya)
Artifact Condition	Rim was damaged
Artifact Type	Earthenware
Artifact Feature/Texture	Water vessel with base, unglazed, filled with dirt on the inside
Coloration	Unglazed
Clay-Type	Dark/Black clay
Size	27 x 59 x 1 cm. (width x circumference x height)
Rim	N/A
Base	14 x 6 cm. (diameter x height)
Decorative Feature	Surface decorative features are, 1) a sharp decorative line/rod around the neck of the vessel, 2) Used the sharpening tool to create multiple lines in various parts around the vessel including the upper and lower part of the neck and in the shoulder, 3) Used Rouletted decoration techniques creating the triangle shape patterns around the shoulder of the vessel, and 4) around the attached section between the body and the base, there is also a sharp decorative line/rod around the base switch between carved lines.
Discovery Site	Lamphun
Current Display	The Pottery Project, Department of History, Chiang Mai University
Pot mark	None
Remark	Roulette decoration refers to the decorative technique of pressing the rouletted tool/mold on the surface of pottery while it is still wet to create a pattern. This technique was the Indo-Roman practice which was introduced to Haripunjaya via Myanmar. (Reference: Professor Phasook Indrawooth and team, Ancient Civilization in Lamphun, (Bangkok: Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Archaeology, Silpakorn University, 1993), page 73-74.