SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Patton

VESSEL NO.: 2003.08.383, Burial 6, Vessel No. 43

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-brown; fire clouds on the rim

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-brown; fire clouds on the rim, body, and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 4.3 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 9.4

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 16.2

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 15.3

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.2; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.9

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved slanting scroll motif repeated four times around the vessel; the engraved motif overlies horizontal brushing marks. The rim panels are divided by upper triangles atop single vertical engraved lines. The upper and lower scroll fill zones have vertical engraved lines with small attached triangular elements.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: red in engraved lines

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified

Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified carinated bowl, Burial 6, Vessel No. 43, Patton site.