VESSEL NO.: Burial 10, Vessel 68; 2003.08.409

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and hematite

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

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

CORE COLOR: A (fired and cooled in an oxidizing environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: reddish-brown

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 4.3 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 3.4

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 10.8

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 8.5

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.6; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.22

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved scroll and circle motif repeated four times around the vessel. Each of the circles has an equal-arm cross within it. The scroll fill zones have a single negative oval formed by excised brackets and triangles.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

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

Ripley Engraved, var. Galt carinated bowl, Enis Smith cemetery, Burial 10, Vessel 68.