PROVENIENCE: upper burial No. 1, Md. B

VESSEL NO. AND GILCREASE MUSEUM ACCESSION NO.: Vessel 1347; 5425.128

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: inverted rim and rounded lip

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a reducing environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.5 mm; body, 6.9 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 6.3

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 18.0

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 20.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 20.0; circular and rounded base

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.68

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The top of the rim has two widely spaced horizontal engraved lines. Below that is a scroll and circle motif that is repeated four times around the vessel. The central element of the scroll is a circle filled with cross-hatched engraved lines. There are also large triangular-shaped and cross-hatched upper and lower scroll fill zones adjacent to the cross-hatched circle element of the scroll.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE [IF KNOWN]: cf. Crockett Curvilinear Incised, but engraved

Engraved variant of Crockett Curvilinear Incised carinated bowl, Vessel 1347.