SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Tuck Carpenter

VESSEL NO.: Burial 42, Pot 4

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded 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: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4); fire clouding on the rim and body

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

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 8.7

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 18.5

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 18.2

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 8.4

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.97 liters

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved scroll and circle motif (Thurmond 1990) repeated four times around the vessel. The central circle element has a smaller circle with four excised rays within it. The upper and lower scroll fill zones have negative ovals and cross-hatched triangular areas. A white clay pigment has also been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Galt

Ripley Engraved, var. Galt carinated bowl, Burial 42, Pot 4, Tuck Carpenter site.