VESSEL NO.: Burial 8, Vessel 32; 2003.08.190

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

VESSEL FORM: miniature carinated bowl (Figure 247)

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

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black; fire cloud on the lip

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.9 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 3.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.8

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 6.2

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 3.7; circular and flat

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.16

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved circle and nested triangle motif repeated three times around the vessel; there is an extra nested triangle in the motif. The engraved circles have a small diamond element within, while the nested triangles have curvilinear and nearly hooked engraved lines within them; three of them also have a small triangular-shaped area pendant from the rim.

There is a single horizontal engraved line on the interior vessel surface at the carination.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: both red and white pigments in engraved lines on the exterior surface; the red pigment appears to have been placed over the white pigment. Both white and red pigments have been rubbed in the interior horizontal engraved line.

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

Ripley Engraved, cf. var. Cash carinated bowl, Frank Smith cemetery, Burial 8, Vessel 32.