C-Ware – sherd of beaker, rim of vessel C-0819
By Droux, Xavier
Archaeological site unknown
Liverpool, Garstang Museum, E 4176.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Sherd
Decoration preservation : Partially faded
Description
White-painted Black-top vessel, classed here as a C-ware vessel.
Decoration
Two sub-horizontal lines follow the divide between the black and red areas; below these lines, to the right, remains of two downturned triangles which were possiby filled in. Below, the front part of an ibex facing right is preserved. Short oblique ticks painted along the top of each horn indicate the bosses of the horns; the body is crosshatched. The ibex is attacked by a dog, of which only the front part is preserved. The dog has two short ears represented with small circles at their extremity, and a collar indicated by a loop at the throat. The tip of its front paw is possibly preserved. Behind the ibex are traces of the presence of a third animal, possibly another dog, although the remains are too small to ascertain any identification.
Dimensions (cm)
9
H: 15.7
Additional information
Open
not preserved
Outside
Acknowledgements
We thank Gina Criscenzo-Laycock for facilitating the study of this artefact.
References
2021
Found in a cellar, but from Naqada? A new predynastic hunting scene on a C-ware fragment from the Garstang Museum of Archaeology, Liverpool, in: Claes, Wouter; De Meyer, Marleen; Eyckerman, Merel; Huyge, Derek † (eds), Remove the pyramid! Studies on the archaeology and history of predynastic and pharaonic Egypt in honour of Stan Hendrickx. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 305. Leuven
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