VESSEL NO.: Burial 2, Vessel 17; 2003.08.1821

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a flat lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown; organic residue on the rim

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown; organic residue on the rim and body

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 7.1 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.3

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 17.4

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 17.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 8.0

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.76

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved scroll motif repeated four times around the vessel. The scrolls are divided by engraved brackets; the central portion of each bracket has a rectangular excised area. The upper and lower scroll fill zones have excised triangles and brackets as well as short vertical lines.

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. Gandy

Ripley Engraved, var. Gandy carinated bowl, Herbert Taft cemetery, Burial 2, Vessel 17.