SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Tuck Carpenter

VESSEL NO.: Burial 41, Pot 5

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Bottle with a collared neck

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark gray (10YR 4/1)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark gray (10YR 4/1)

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 5.4 mm, neck

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 20.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 5.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 5.6; maximum body diameter is 14.5 cm

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.0

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.64 liters

DECORATION: The vessel body has an engraved and vertically-oriented scroll and circle motif repeated four times around the vessel. The large central circles have a smaller swastika-in-circle element within them. Above and below the central engraved circles are either large rectangular or curvilinear engraved zones; the rectangular zones have cross-hatched triangles at the corners, while the curvilinear engraved zone has negative ovals outlined by cross-hatching. A final engraved element in the decoration of this body are smaller engraved circles with four excised rays within a diamond-shaped area on either side of the large central circle and swastika-in-circle motif. A red clay pigment has also been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Ripley

Ripley Engraved, var. Ripley bottle, Burial 41, Pot 5, Tuck Carpenter site.