SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: B. J. Horton

VESSEL NO.: Burial 15, Pot 5

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Bowl

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

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: red (2.5YR 4/6)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: red (2.5YR 4/6)

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 6.3 mm, rim; 8.3 mm, body; 10.3 mm, base

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 8.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 14.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): N/A

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.8

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.45 liters

DECORATION: The rim panel has an engraved bisected diamond motif (see Thurmond 1990) repeated six times around the vessel. The bisected diamond motif includes two opposed triangles whose apexes touch; within each large triangle are smaller excised triangles. There are two horizontal engraved lines on the interior of the vessel. The vessel is also red-slipped on both interior and exterior vessel surfaces.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Reed

Ripley Engraved, var. Reed bowl, Burial 15, Pot 5, B. J. Horton site.