SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Alex Justiss

VESSEL NO.: Burial 24, Pot 1

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray (10YR 3/1)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: pale brown (10YR 6/3); fire clouding on the body and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 7.0 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 6.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 16.3

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 13.2

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.9

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.59 liters

DECORATION: The rim panel has an engraved scroll motif (see Thurmond 1990; see also Perttula 2003) repeated four times around the vessel. The scrolls are divided by brackets with two triangular tick marks, creating a poorly defined vertical and negative S-shaped element.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Gandy

Ripley Engraved, var. Gandy carinated bowl, Burial 24, Pot 1, Alex Justiss site.