SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Tuck Carpenter

VESSEL NO.: Burial 23, Pot 6

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Compound bowl

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

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4); fire clouding on the body and base

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4); fire clouding on the body and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 4.3-5.0 mm, rim; 4.9 mm, body

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 8.2

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 14.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 13.3

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.5

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.92 liters

DECORATION: The upper rim panel has three widely-spaced horizontal engraved lines. The lower rim panel has an engraved scroll and circle motif (Thurmond 1990) repeated four times around the vessel. A white clay pigment has also been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Galt

Ripley Engraved, var. Galt compound bowl, Burial 23, Pot 6, Tuck Carpenter site.