Figure A1.153, Greasy Creek, No No., NTCC MH 2 579

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

 

VESSEL NO.: No number

 

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl with four rim peaks (Figure A1.153)

 

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

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.6

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 19.2

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 14.7

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 4.9; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.88 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved scroll motif repeated four times around the vessel. The scroll has two arms that encircle each other and meet at a large open circle (Figure A1.153). There are semi-circular arcs of engraved lines and slanting scrolls that run between each central circle element. Upper and lower scroll fill zones have excised and cross-hatched triangles with negative ovals.

 

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

 

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

 

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