Figure A1.100, Greasy Creek, 95, NTCC MH 1 1315

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

 

VESSEL NO.: 95

 

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

 

VESSEL FORM: Compound bowl

 

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

 

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

 

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark grayish-brown

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: brown; fire clouds on the body

 

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 7.9 mm

 

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

 

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

 

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.4

 

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 18.4

 

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 18.0

 

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.6; circular and flat

 

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.82 liters

 

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The upper rim panel has two widely-spaced horizontal engraved lines. The lower rim panel has a series of four engraved semi-circle motifs, each repeated four times around the vessel (Figure A1.100). The first two are semi-circles formed from arcing lines, with an inner circle; one of the semi-circles also has an engraved spur on one side. The third and fourth motifs have concentric semi-circles. One of the semi-circle motifs has an excised zone around it with two negative S-shaped elements (Figure A1.100). The other semi-circle motif has only a single negative S-shaped element.

 

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

 

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

 

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