C-Ware – bottle C-0538

The published information about this vessel only allows a partial understanding of its decoration. It seems that the same scene is repeated four times, in registers. In each case, at least one horned quadruped, with long straight horns pointing frontward, and facing to the right, is attacked by a dog pursuing it and biting its backside. The silhouettes are heavily stylised, rendering the identification of the species uncertain, and the animals are depicted as if running. The dogs seem to have exaggeratedly long muzzles. All the animals' bodies are filled with oblique hatching. It is likely that more animals are present on the other side of the vessel. Inside lip, groups of three parallel vertical strokes.