C-Ware – bottle with short narrow neck C-0004
By Droux, Xavier
, Archaeological context unknown. 1903 : Bought from Ghirgas, Qena, by Albert M. Lythgoe.Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, MFA 03.1898.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Complete, repaired
Decoration preservation : Good
Preservation information :
Some of the paint has flaked off; in the lower part of the vessel, the polished surface of the vessel is lost in large areas.
Decoration
A single row of (upturned, crosshached ?) triangles is painted inside the rim. Two concentric lines below rim and three continuous rows of crosshatched, upturned triangles at the neck. Below is at least one animal, facing left, with long backward curving horns - likely an ibex. Its body is filled with crosshatched, upturned triangles. The lower part of the decoration is poorly preserved, but appears to have consisted of one large, crosshatched zigzag band.
Dimensions (cm)
32.2
13.8
13.8
Additional information
Closed
Vi 43
Oi 100
flat base
Outside and inside lip
Acknowledgements
We thank Axelle Brémont for sharing the roll-out drawing of the decoration.
