C-Ware – deep bowl C-0008
By Droux, Xavier
, Archaeological context unknown. 1934 : Bought from R.G. Gayer-Anderson.Stockholm, Medelhavsmuseet, MM 11096.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Complete, repaired
Decoration preservation : Good
Decoration
Two ibexes, facing right, are depicted head to tail. They have short downturned tails, elongated necks, and backward curving horns. Their bodies are filled with parallel oblique lines. Two zigzag motifs are painted in front of them, and two plants extend from the centre of the vessel toward the rim on opposite sides of the bowl. One of the ibexes is seemingly grazing on one of the plants. Three large and two small downturned triangles filled with chevrons complete the decoration.
Dimensions (cm)
7.8
17.9
17.9
Additional information
Open
Vi 229
Oi 100
direct
round base
Inside
References
2015
Riverine and desert animals in predynastic Upper Egypt: material culture and faunal remains. Dphil thesis, University of Oxford. Oxford
, cat. 1.18.2021
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
, 394, table 1.