C-Ware bottle, broad neck C-0495
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C-Ware – bottle, broad neck C-0495

By Droux, Xavier

Archaeological site unknown.

1912 : Purchased by the Rogers Fund.

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, MMA 12.182.16.

Date : Naqada IA–IIB

General range of C-ware production.

Material : Nile silt (Painted)

Preservation : Intact

Decoration preservation : Very good

Decoration

There are two plant motifs consisting of a long, vertical stem, two opposing groups of leaves represented by straight oblique lines, and a bunch of leaves or a flower at the top. These two plants are separated from one another by two rectangular areas, one larger than the other. They both have a double outline at the sides and top, but no ground line. The smaller rectanle contains two groups of four upturned chevrons each. The larger areas contains two groups of three upturned chevrons each, repeated twice and separated from one another by a single vertical line. Two pairs of oblique lines are added on either side of this line, near its middle point. 

Metropolitan Museum of Art (ed.) : Online catalogue.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (ed.) : Online catalogue.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (ed.) : Online catalogue.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (ed.) : Online catalogue.

Dimensions (cm)

Height :

28

Maximum diameter :

11.1

Additional information

Form :

Closed

Vessel index :

Vi 40

Shape of base:

flat base

Decoration location :

Outside and inside lip

Cite this Page

Droux, X. 2023. C-0495, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/C-0495. retrieved 21 September 2024.