Figure A1.136, Greasy Creek, 296, NTCC MH 2 1229

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 296

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

 

VESSEL FORM: Jar

 

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: dark grayish-brown

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 4.5 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished on the body

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.8

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 12.3

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 11.9

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.3; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.58 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim is decorated with a continuous series of vertical tool punctated rows that extend from under the vessel lip to the rim-body juncture. The vessel body is plain (Figure A1.136).

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Unidentified utility ware

 

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