C-Ware – sherd of jar, base C-0849
By Droux, Xavier
, North cemetery.
1910–1911 : Italian Archaeological Mission excavation.Turin, Fondazione Museo delle Egizie, S.11167/01.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Sherd
Decoration preservation : Partially faded
Preservation information :
Two mended sherds. The breaks are heavily eroded: the fragments were likely used as digging sherds by cemetery robbers. 36% of the base is preserved.
Decoration
Series of four parallel zigzag at bottom of vessel, ending on right side with an oblique line, and continuing onto the missing part of the vessel to the left. To the right of this zigzag is a partly preserved crosshatched area, perhaps originally diamond-shaped. Above is a series of crosshatched rectangles placed horizontally, each joined to the two on either side by a single horizontal stroke.
Dimensions (cm)
0.7
Base diameter: 12.5
H 10.3; W 15.5
Additional information
unknown
flat base
Outside
Acknowledgements
We thank the staff of the collection management office at the Museo Egizio for facilitating access to this artefact.
