Figure A1.106, Greasy Creek, 175, NTCC MH 2 1010

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 175

 

VESSEL FORM: Bottle

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded lip

 

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

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black; fire clouds on the rim

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 18.5

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.6

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 4.1; maximum body diameter is 10.4 cm

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 4.0; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.30 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel body has a broad panel delimited by three upper and lower horizontal engraved lines. The body has curvilinear hatched and cross-hatched zones with negative S-shaped elements as well as hooked arms (Figure A1.106).

 

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

 

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

 

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