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SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns
VESSEL NO.: Burial 11, Pot 7
NON-PLASTICS: grog
VESSEL FORM: Shallow bowl (Figure 71)
RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded lip
CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)
INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4); fire clouding on the rim and body
EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: light yellowish-brown (10YR 6/4); fire clouding on the body and base
WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 4.6 mm, rim
INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed
EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished
HEIGHT (IN CM): 1.9
ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.0
DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): N/A
BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.3
ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.05 liters
DECORATION: The rim and body has an engraved alternate nested triangle motif repeated four times around the vessel: this consists of four upper and lower triangles. The nested triangles themselves have different elements within them, including negative ovals, one hatched corner, excised corners, negative ovals with spurs or short lines, and negative ovals bisected by a vertical engraved line.
TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Williams
Ripley Engraved, var. Williams shallow bowl, Burial 11, Pot 7.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zac_selden/427/