SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 19, Pot 6

NON-PLASTICS: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

CORE COLOR: A (fired and cooled in an oxidizing environment); fire clouding on the interior base and the exterior rim, body, and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 6.3 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 4.5

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 11.4

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 10.4

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 5.7

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.31 liters

DECORATION: The rim has both engraved interlocking horizontal scroll and bisected diamond motifs. The interlocking horizontal scroll motif is repeated six times around the vessel, while the bisected diamond motif occurs only once on the rim. The bisected diamond motif includes a single bisected diamond with an interior hatched triangle as well as an oval-shaped element (an eye?) with a small internal hatched oval. The latter motif is separated from the horizontal scrolls by a vertical engraved line with upper and lower excised triangles.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified

Ripley Engraved, var. unspecified carinated bowl, Burial 19, Pot 6.