Figure A1.151, Greasy Creek, 417, NTCC MH 1 023

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 417

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog; sandy paste

 

VESSEL FORM: Jar with a short rim

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded lip)

 

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

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim and body

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the rim and body; organic residue on the body

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 7.1 mm; body, 8.9 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 25.3

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 20.9

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 20.2

 

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

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 6.9 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim has a zone of vertical brushing marks above a zone of horizontal brushing marks. There is a horizontal row of tool punctations under the lip, and a second row that divides the vertical brushing from the horizontal brushing zones (Figure A1.151). The vessel body has vertical brushing marks that extend from the rim-body juncture to within 2.0 cm of the vessel base. The body also has four vertical appliqued fillets that have created panels filled with brushing marks.

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: cf. Karnack Brushed-Incised

 

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