VESSEL NO.: Burial 5, Vessel 14B; 2003.08.864

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and bone

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and 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 rim, body, and base

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim and body; organic residue on the rim

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 7.8 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 14.6

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 28.8

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 28.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 9.4; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 3.8

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved scroll and circle motif repeated four times around the vessel. The circles have an inner circle with excised rays or diamonds. The upper and lower scroll fill elements include hatched zones with negative ovals.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in the engraved lines

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

Ripley Engraved, var. Galt carinated bowl, Frank Smith cemetery, Burial 5, Vessel 14B.