C-Ware sherd of bottle, base C-0471
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C-Ware – sherd of bottle, base C-0471

By Droux, Xavier

Archaeological site unknown.

1900–1901 : Bought by Schiaparelli in Egypt.

Turin, Fondazione Museo delle Egizie, S.566 ?.

Material : Nile silt (Painted)

Preservation : Sherd

Decoration preservation : Partially faded

Decoration

Seven designs, presumably all exetending vertically, are only preserved in their lower part, which almost reaches the base. A plant motif, consisting of a vertical stem and short, oblique leaves, is reapeated twice. One of these is framed with two similar motifs of downturned chevrons set in a vertical frame with an additional vertical line running down its centre (note that for the leftmost of these motifs, the vertical lines of the frame are hardly visible). The second plant motif is located to the left of this group and is separated from it by a vertical series of filled in triangles that point alternatingly right and left (only the two lowermost triangles are preserved. To the left of the second plant design are two near-vertical series of filled in triangles that mirror each other (only the three lowermost triangles of each motif are preserved).

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Dimensions (cm)

Other dimensions :

Base diameter: 7.3

Fragment dimensions :

H: 9.2

Additional information

Form :

Closed

Shape of base:

flat base

Decoration location :

Outside

Comments

The original inventory number is most likely S. 555, which is registered as a painted fragment that is otherwise missing.

Acknowledgements

We thank the staff of the collection management office at the Museo Egizio for facilitating access to this artefact.

References

Not previously published.

Cite this Page

Droux, X. 2022. C-0471, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/C-0471. retrieved 12 February 2025.