Figure A1.148, Greasy Creek, 384, NTCC MH 2 701

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 384

 

VESSEL FORM: Bottle

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark brown

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 14.7

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 3.1

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 3.6; maximum body diameter is 10.0 cm

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 3.6; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.21 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel body has an engraved scroll motif repeated four times around the body. The scrolls have two encircling arms that meet at a large excised circle element (Figure A1.148). The arms of each of the scrolls originate at the apex of large open pendant triangles.

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

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

 

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