Figure A1.146, Greasy Creek, 380, NTCC MH 1 1500

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 380

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

 

VESSEL FORM: Bottle

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and a flat lip

 

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

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.4 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 13.3

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.3

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 4.4; maximum body diameter is 11.0 cm

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.6; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.40 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel body has meandering scroll lines, vertical dividing lines, concentric semi-circles, rectangles, and partial triangle elements. The concentric semi-circles and rectangles have small excised pendant triangles, and the concentric semi-circles and partial triangles have an inner dashed line or spur element (Figure A1.146).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

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

 

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