VESSEL NO.: Burial 6, Vessel 43; 2003.08.1823

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and hematite

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

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

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown

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

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.6 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 16.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 26.2

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 25.7

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 9.5; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 3.8

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved diamond in circle element that is repeated four times around the vessel. Between the circles are horizontal scrolls with upper and lower brackets as well as upper and lower excised pendant triangles.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

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

Ripley Engraved, var. McKinney carinated bowl, Herbert Taft cemetery, Burial 6, Vessel 43.