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C-Ware – sherd of beaker or bottle, neck C-0901
By Droux, Xavier
, 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.
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.