Ric stated,
"Joe can't make that determination. He doesn't have the artifact. I do."
I apologize if imprecise wording in an earlier post led to confusion. Let me be more precise. What I meant was the base dimensions for Skat, length and width, 1.75" roughly and 1", appear from checking earlier emails from Ric to be a size match to the base dimensions of the artifact for base length and base width only.
The message snippet I used to back this could be ambiguous. From a mesage dated Nov. 27, 2010, I was attempting to compare via EPAC email the dimensions of a Campana Italian Balm bottle to the artifact:
Joe: "1) The base length at 2 inches is longer than the approximately 1.75 inches for the artifact base. (The width is 1 and 1/8 inches. Would that match the base width?)"
Ric: "The base width of the artifact bottle is bang on 1 inch."
Because Ric let stand my remark that the artifact was 1.75 inches in length, I have presumed this was the correct measurement.
I phrased this better when I stated in an earlier post;
"We don't know the exact ounce size of the fragment found on Nikumaroro. Ric listed it on EPAC as 3 oz. or less. As a result, the only way to match sizes to candidate bottles is to compare them, and even in this regard we only have the base to compare, not the top."
Knowing the base dimensions does not corroborate the volume in ounces of the container.
I have been working each night this week with fellow EPAC members to pull together more precise and thorough research regarding Skat Insect Repellent, Campana Italian Balm, and the artifact bottle. Your patience, I promise, will be rewarded. All the questions I have seen deserve a thoughtful answer. Allow me a few days to present the work of my colleagues, including yourselves, in the best possible format.
Joe Cerniglia
TIGHAR #3078CER