C-Ware sherd of bottle, neck C-0015
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C-Ware – sherd of bottle, neck C-0015

By Droux, Xavier

Abydos

, Tomb C2.

1908 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.

Chicago, Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum (ISAC), OIM E 8924.

Date : Naqada IA–IIB

General range of C-ware production

Material : Nile silt (Painted)

Preservation : Sherd

Decoration preservation : Mostly faded

Preservation information :

Painted decoration mostly visible as a ghost.

Description

The fragment likely belongs to the neck of a bottle.

Decoration

Remains of irregular parallel wavy lines, possibly within two compartments separated from one another by a narrow vertical gap. Alternatively, it may have been a single compartment.

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum (ed.) : Online catalogue.
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum (ed.) : Online catalogue.

Dimensions (cm)

Fragment dimensions :

9.6 x 5.9

Additional information

Form :

Closed

Shape of base:

not preserved

Decoration location :

Outside

References

Not previously published.

Cite this Page

Droux, X. 2022. C-0015, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/C-0015. Retrieved 13 May 2024.