SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Cecil Guest

VESSEL NO.: Burial 3, Pot 2a

NON-PLASTICS: bone and grog

VESSEL FORM: Compound 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: very pale brown (10YR 7/3)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very pale brown (10YR 7/3); fire clouding on the base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 5.0 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 6.8

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 18.5

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 16.7

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.1

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.0 liters

DECORATION: The upper rim panel has three broadly-spaced horizontal engraved lines. The lower rim panel has an engraved alternating nested triangle motif (see Thurmond 1990) repeated four times around the vessel. Within the nested triangles are small semi-circles and ovals, as well as sets of 2-3 vertical engraved lines. A white clay pigment has been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Williams

Ripley Engraved, var. Williams compound bowl, Burial 3, Pot 2a, Cecil Guest site.