VESSEL NO.: Burial 11, Vessel 81; 2003.08.631

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: yellowish-brown; fire clouds

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

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 7.5 mm; body, 8.3 mm; base, 8.3 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 13.3

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 29.5

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 26.5

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 10.2; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 3.5

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has four alternating engraved circle and diamond elements. Each of these elements has an inner diamond with a negative circle formed by excised areas; the negative circles have a central excised dot. The engraved diamond elements are the central feature of horizontal scrolls that end in upper and lower excised brackets; the scrolls do not touch the central circles. Above and below each scroll are single rows of excised pendant triangles.

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

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

Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney carinated bowl, Enis Smith cemetery, Burial 11, Vessel 81.