C-Ware sherd of beaker or bottle, neck C-0901
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C-Ware – sherd of beaker or bottle, neck C-0901

By Droux, Xavier

Gebelein

, North Cemetery.

1910–1911 : Italian Archaeological Mission excavation.

Turin, Fondazione Museo delle Egizie, S.11167/02.

Date : Naqada IA–IIB

General range of C-ware production

Material : Nile silt (Painted)

Preservation : Sherd

Decoration preservation : Good

Preservation information :

Single sherd. Hard concretions or deposit on the exterior surface.

Description

The inside of the vessel is only slipped at the rim.

Decoration

Remains of a group of nine parallel zigzags that may have run continuously around the neck of the vessel. On the inside, tiny remains of two parallel, oblique strokes painted on the slipped portion of the interior rim.

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Dimensions (cm)

Fragment dimensions :

10.2 x 9.0 x 0.7

Additional information

Form :

Open

Shape of rim :

unknown

Shape of base:

not preserved

Decoration location :

Outside and inside lip

Acknowledgements

We thank the staff of the collection management office at the Museo Egizio for facilitating access to this artefact.

References

Not previously published.

Cite this Page

Droux, X. 2023. C-0901, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/C-0901. retrieved 12 February 2025.