Figure A1.144, Greasy Creek, 369, NTCC MH 2 1002

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 369

 

VESSEL FORM: Bottle

 

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

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 21.2

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 4.1

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 5.2; maximum body diameter is 14.4 cm

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.1; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.43 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The vessel body has an engraved scroll motif repeated four times around the vessel. The scroll consists of two encircling arms that meet at a central cross-hatched circle element (Figure A1.144). Where the two arms of the scroll pass by the central circle element, they are widened with a cross-hatched zone. Both scroll arms originate from the apex of large upper and lower engraved triangles.

 

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

 

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

 

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