Figure A1.92, Greasy Creek, 40, NTCC MH 1 1326

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 40

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: no temper apparent

 

VESSEL FORM: Compound bowl

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and rounded lip

 

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

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 6.5 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 8.2

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 19.4

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 19.2

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 8.9; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.95 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The upper rim panel has two widely-spaced horizontal engraved lines at the top and bottom of the panel. The lower rim panel has a slanted scroll and circle engraved motif that is repeated six times around the vessel (Figure A1.92). Each of the central circles (formed through multiple arcing lines) has a small inner circle. The scroll fill zones include small excised triangles and single vertical engraved lines.

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

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

 

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