Figure A1.96, Greasy Creek, 64, NTCC MH 2 946

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 64

 

VESSEL FORM: Compound bowl with four rim peaks (Figure A1.96)

 

RIM AND LIP FORM: Everted rim and a rounded lip

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: dark yellowish-brown

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 11.0

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 16.1

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 14.8

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.4; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 1.4 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The upper rim panel has three widely-spaced horizontal engraved lines, and the area underneath each rim peak has a negative and horizontal S-shaped element (Figure A1.96). The lower panel has a simple horizontal scroll motif with a central circle element. The central circles have small inner excised circles.

 

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

 

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

 

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