VESSEL NO.: Burial 9, Vessel 39; 2003.08.1826

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

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

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: grayish-brown; fire clouds on the rim; organic residue on the rim

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the body and base; thick organic residue (resin) on the rim and body

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

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 13.4

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 25.7

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 26.0

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

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 3.1

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved slanting scroll with upper and lower hooked arms that is repeated four times around the vessel. The hooked arm elements are next to vertical bracket dividers. Upper and lower scroll fill zones are marked by engraved lines with small excised pendant triangles or tick marks.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Taylor Engraved

Taylor Engraved carinated bowl, Frank Smith cemetery, Burial 9, Vessel 39.