VESSEL NO.: Burial 8, Vessel 54; 2003.08.111

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog; 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: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the base

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

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.4 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.3

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 13.2

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 13.6

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.5; circular and rounded

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.58

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved scroll motif repeated four times around the vessel. The scrolls end in a hooked arm element, the larger and outer hooked arm with small tick marks. The scrolls are separated by a vertical engraved bracket with small upper and lower triangles.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: red pigment in engraved lines

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Taylor Engraved

Taylor Engraved carinated bowl, Enis Smith cemetery, Burial 8, Vessel 54.