Figure A1.119, Greasy Creek, 242, NTCC MH 2 1206

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 242

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

 

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

 

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

 

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

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark grayish-brown

 

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

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 4.6 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 8.2

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 16.5

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 16.4

 

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

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.81 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved scroll and circle motif repeated four times around the vessel. Each circle has an inner negative circle with excised rays or excised triangles (Figure A1.119). The upper and lower scroll fill zones have excised brackets and triangles as well as negative ovals with inner spurs or dashed elements.

 

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

 

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

 

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