SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Johns

VESSEL NO.: Burial 31, Pot 8

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 grayish-brown (10YR 4/2)

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown (7.5YR 4/4); fire clouding on the rim, body, and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 6.9 mm, rim; 7.2 mm, body; 9.7 mm, base

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 6.8

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 15.8

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 14.5

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 7.0

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.64 liters

DECORATION: The rim has an engraved scroll and circle motif repeated four times around the vessel. The central circles have only a small centrally-placed excised circle within them. Scroll fill zones consist only of large upper and lower excised triangles. A white kaolin clay pigment has been rubbed in the engraved lines.

TYPE: Ripley Engraved, var. Galt

Ripley Engraved, var. Galt carinated bowl, Burial 31, Pot 8.