| No. | 50 |
| Description | Satsumon pottery |
| Site | Sakaeura Ⅰ Site: on the clay surface in the fill of Pit House 3 |
| Size (cm) | H. 25.5 |
| Period | Early Satsumon |
| Date | 9-10th century |
| Possessor | Tokoro Research Laboratory |
| Comment | An early type of Satsumon pottery, which is Type b (Fujimoto’s chronology 1972). In the lower Tokoro River basin, there are few examples earlier than Type e (ibid), so this example and the one in No. 49 can be considered to be rather rare examples. The decoration patterns on the body are punctuated by horizontal incised lines, and a chevron-shaped incised line and puncture marks are filled in between the lines. |