VESSEL NO.: Burial 8, Vessel 56; 2003.08.1771

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and bone

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

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

CORE COLOR: G (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

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

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 7.0 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 8.4

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 12.5

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 13.1

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.0; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.63

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has seven upper and seven lower engraved alternate nested triangles. Each of the nested triangles has a single smaller triangle within it, and these smaller triangles are plain or have negative ovals in them formed by excising each of the corners of the triangles.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

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

Ripley Engraved, var. Williams carinated bowl, Enis Smith cemetery, Burial 8, Vessel 56.