Figure A1.93, Greasy Creek, 49, NTCC MH 1 732

SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Greasy Creek (Shelby Mound, 41CP71)

 

VESSEL NO.: 49

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog and bone

 

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded lip

 

CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the body

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the body; organic residue on the rim and lip

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 4.9 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 12.9

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 21.8

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 21.8

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.1; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.7 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has four alternating sets of short engraved horizontal scrolls and central circles. The scrolls end in upper and lower excised brackets, and also have single upper and lower rows of excised pendant triangles. The central circles each have a small inner circle (Figure A1.93).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: red pigment in the engraved lines

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, cf. var. McKinney

 

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