C-Ware sherd of bowl, rim-to-base C-0163
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C-Ware – sherd of bowl, rim-to-base C-0163

By Droux, Xavier

Mahasna

, Tomb? H. T.

1909 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.

Collection unknown

Date : Naqada IA–IIB

General range of C-ware production

Material : Nile silt (Painted)

Preservation : Fragmentary

Decoration preservation : Partly lost

Preservation information :

Two mended sherds.

Decoration

Remains of three downturned triangles, one of which is entirely crosshatched; a smaller one, to the left, is filled with parallel oblique hatching, and two crossing lines; the design of the third triangle is uncertain. At the bottom of the vessel, series of parallel zigzags, similar to that at the bottom of C-0165.

Ayrton & Loat 1911: pl. XXIV, 6.

Additional information

Form :

Open

Shape of base:

unknown

Decoration location :

Inside

Cite this Page

Droux, X. 2022. C-0163, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/C-0163. retrieved 21 September 2024.