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C-Ware – bottle with broad neck C-0799
By Droux, Xavier
Archaeological site unknown.
1902 : Donated by Harriet G. Caetani, duchess of Sermoneta (IT); bought in Egypt..Florence, Museo Egizio, 8784.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Almost complete
Decoration preservation : Partially faded
Preservation information :
Chips at rim.
Decoration
The full extent of the decoration is not known. There are at least two vertical compartments filled with downturned chevrons, and one filled with four rectangular crosshatched areas.
The interior of the rim seems to be decorated with a series of parallel, vertical lines.
2006: 23, no. 3.
© Renée Friedman.
© Museo Egizio.
Dimensions (cm)
Height :
20.9
Maximum diameter :
8
Rim diameter :
6.3
Additional information
Form :
Closed
Vessel index :
Vi 38
Opening index :
Oi 79
Shape of base:
flat base
Decoration location :
Outside and inside lip
Acknowledgements
We thank Maria Cristina Guidotti and Renée Friedman for forwarding information about this artefact.
