VESSEL NO.: 2003.08.1041

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: reddish-brown

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

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 7.6 mm; body, 7.0 mm; base, 9.5 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 12.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 31.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 31.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.2; flat and circular

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.3

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved scroll and circle motif probably repeated four times around the vessel. The upper and lower scroll fill zones have excised and cross-hatched triangular areas and negative ovals; the negative ovals have a single short vertical engraved line within them.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

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

Ripley Engraved, var. Galt carinated bowl, Henry Williams cemetery, Burial 2, Vessel 2003.08.1041.