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A vessel drawn half in section and half in elevation.
Also known as: Vessel profile, Sherd drawing
Archaeological pottery is drawn with the section on the left and the exterior on the right of a central axis, at a fixed scale. The convention means one drawing carries both the shape of the wall and the surface treatment, which a photograph cannot do.
Draws a vessel with its section on one side of a central axis and its exterior elevation on the other, conventionally section left.
Contexts: Technical drawing, Maps
Carries wall thickness and surface treatment in one image, which is why the convention has outlasted photography as the standard record.
Contexts: Technical drawing, Maps
A symmetrical outline split by a vertical line, one half filled solid and the other drawn as a surface.