SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: H. R. Taylor

VESSEL NO.: 447, Burial A-40

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip

CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown; fire clouds on the rim and body

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 6.4 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 9.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 22.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 21.4

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.0 cm, circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.3

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim is divided into four sections by engraved bracket elements with negative ovals defined by excised triangles and an excised horizontal bracket. Each section has an engraved scroll line with curved and rounded ends, and upper and lower large excised triangle scroll zones. The vessel body has two horizontal engraved lines. The uppermost engraved line has a series of excised pendant triangles.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): cf. Ripley Engraved, var. Gandy

Ripley Engraved, var. Gandy carinated bowl (No. 447) in Burial A-40 at the H. R. Taylor site.