SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Tuck Carpenter

VESSEL NO.: Burial 6, Pot 2

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray (10YR 3/1); fire clouding on the body

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray (10YR 3/1); fire clouding on the rim and body

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 6.2 mm, body; 10.0 mm, base

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 18.8

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 28.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 27.8

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.2

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 4.7 liters

DECORATION: The rim panel has an engraved continuous scroll motif (Thurmond 1990) repeated six times around the vessel. Upper and lower scroll fill zones include ovals and triangular excised areas. A white clay pigment has also been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Carpenter

Ripley Engraved, var. Carpenter carinated bowl rim sherd, Burial 6, Pot 2, Tuck Carpenter site.