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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns
VESSEL NO.: Burial 5, Pot 7
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: dark gray (10YR 4/1)
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4); fire clouding on the rim and body
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 8.2 mm, rim; 7.4 mm, body; 9.2 mm, base
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the rim
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 14.0
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 30.0
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 29.6
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 10.6
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 3.8 liters
DECORATION: The rim has a scroll motif repeated four times around the vessel. The scrolls are separated by excised bracket elements, rather than negative S-shaped dividers.
TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Gandy
Ripley Engraved, var. Gandy carinated bowl, Burial 5, Pot 7.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zac_selden/419/