TIFF image support is coming soon!
SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: A. Davis Burial site
VESSEL NO.: 2003.08.1213
NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog
VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip
CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark yellowish-brown
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the body
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 8.2 mm
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 10.8
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 20.7
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 20.5
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.6; flat and circular
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.3
DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The central elements of the motif are engraved diamonds repeated four times around the vessel. The diamonds have a central interior diamond. The diamonds are the central element in connected horizontal scrolls. There are rows of excised pendant triangles under the vessel lip and at the carination. There is also a single horizontal engraved line on the interior vessel surface at the carination.
PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none
TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney
Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney carinated bowl, Burial 2, A. Davis site.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zac_selden/1407/