SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Tuck Carpenter
VESSEL NO.: Burial 41, Pot 1
NON-PLASTICS: grog
VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl
RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded lip
CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light reddish-brown (5YR 6/4)
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light reddish-brown (5YR 6/4)
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 4.9 mm, rim
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 8.4
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 17.3
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 16.9
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 6.3
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.87 liters
DECORATION: The rim has an engraved scroll and circle motif (Thurmond 1990) repeated six times around the vessel. The central circle element has two smaller internal circles, one of which is a swastika-in-circle. The upper and lower scroll fill zones have negative ovals and circles outlined by excised areas. There is also a single interior horizontal engraved line at the vessel carination.
TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Galt
Ripley Engraved, var. Galt carinated bowl, Burial 41, Pot 1, Tuck Carpenter site.
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