VESSEL NO.: Burial 2, Vessel 12; 2003.08.831

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog, hematite, and organics

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: yellowish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the body and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.5 mm; body, 6.8 mm; base, 9.4 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 16.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 14.6

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.0

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.67

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved continuous scroll motif that is repeated four times around the vessel. The upper and lower scroll zones have excised triangles and vertical engraved/excised lines, while the lower fill zones have semi-circle elements with an inner dot or dash.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in the engraved lines

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

Ripley Engraved, var. Carpenter carinated bowl, Herbert Taft cemetery, Burial 2, Vessel 12.