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C-Ware – ovoid jar with loop-handle, geometric decoration C-0002
By Droux, Xavier
, Tomb B107.
1898 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, AN 1896-1908 E.2777.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Complete, repaired
Decoration preservation : Unknown
Description
The handle has a semi-circular shape and is positioned vertically above the vessel.
Decoration
Groups of downturned chevrons in compartments, leaving an empty area approximately at the level of maximum diameter, as well as near the base. The handle is not decorated.
1921: pl. XXIII, 62.
1993: fig. 29, 412.
Dimensions (cm)
Height :
12.8
Maximum diameter :
9.3
Additional information
Form :
Closed
Vessel index :
Vi 73
Shape of base:
flat base
Decoration location :
Outside
References
Petrie, W. M. F.
1901
Diospolis Parva: the cemeteries of Abadiyeh and Hu. Egypt Exploration Fund Memoir 20. London
, pl. XIV, 62.Petrie, W. M. F.
1921
Corpus of prehistoric pottery and palettes. British School of Archaeology in Egypt & Egyptian Research Account 32, 23rd year, 1917. London
, pl. XXIII, 62.
