Figure A1.152, Greasy Creek, 426, NTCC MH 1 324

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 426

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

 

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a rounded, exterior folded lip

 

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

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown; fire clouds on the rim and body

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.1 mm; body, 5.9 mm; base, 7.4 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.8

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 29.0

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 28.8

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.6; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 2.1 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has 16 engraved alternate nested triangles around the vessel. Each of the nested triangles has a smaller triangle within it that has excised corners, negative ovals, and a central dashed line (Figure A1.152).

 

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

 

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

 

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