VESSEL NO.: Burial 10, Vessel 69; 2003.08.567

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and hematite; sandy paste

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: reddish-brown; fire clouds on lower body and base

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

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.6 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.7

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 19.8

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 18.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.4; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.91

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved scroll motif repeated four times around the vessel. The horizontal scrolls are divided by vertical engraved brackets (with a central excised zone). Above and below each of the scrolls are excised pendant triangles.

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

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

Ripley Engraved, cf. var. Gandy carinated bowl, Enis Smith cemetery, Burial 10, Vessel 69.