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C-Ware – Sherd of beaker, rim C-0880
By Droux, Xavier
Archaeological site unknown.
1900 : bought by Charles Trick Currelly from Mohammed Mohassib, Luxor.Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, 900.2.13.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Sherd
Decoration preservation : Mostly faded
Decoration
On the outside, a motif resembles the shape of the Greek capital sigma; it may be a half-preserved tassel-like / flail / trophy motif. To the left is an oblique line connected to the extremities of at least three horizontal lines, not dissimilar from how one would expect the head of a hippopotamus to look like, although not enough of the decoration is preserved to determine its nature.
On the inside, only the top extremities of near-vertical, parallel lines are preserved.
© Xavier Droux, courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum.
Additional information
Form :
Open
Shape of base:
not preserved
Decoration location :
Inside and outside
Acknowledgements
We thank Pr Grzimski, Senior Curator, and Cheryl Copson, Collection Technician, ROM, for facilitating the study of this artefact.
