VESSEL NO.: Burial 3, Vessel 61; 2003.08.698

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and hematite; sandy paste

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

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

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light reddish-brown; fire clouds on the body and base

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

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.6 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 9.1

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 14.5

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 15.6

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

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.79

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has four sets of engraved scrolls with either hooked arms or an S-shaped element in the scroll line. Each scroll is separated from the other by X-shaped engraved brackets that extend from the top to the bottom of the rim panel (Figure 219). There is a single horizontal engraved line at the top of the panel, and just under the vessel lip.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: cf. Taylor Engraved

cf. Taylor Engraved carinated bowl, Frank Smith cemetery, Burial 3, Vessel 61.