C-Ware – deep bowl C-0013
By Droux, Xavier
, Tomb B5.
1908 : Egypt Exploration Fund Excavation.New Haven, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, YPM ANT 006808.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Almost complete
Decoration preservation : Good
Preservation information :
Missing chips at rim
Decoration
A vertical plant design rises from the base to the rim of the vessel. To the right is a double W-zigzag just below the rim, leaving an empty area below. It is followed by two vertical series of triangles filled with parallel lines but without outline; the triangles of the left-hand series point toward the left, those of the right-hand series toward the right. To the right, two oblique series of rectangles, similar in design to the triangles, form a < shape. They are followed to the right by three successive oblique series of triangles, also displaying a similar fill and without outline. In each series, the triangles point alternatively in opposite directions.
Dimensions (cm)
10.2
15.3
15.3
Base diameter: 7.6
Additional information
Open
Vi 150
Oi 100
direct
flat base
Outside
References
1911
Pre-dynastic cemetery at El Mahasna. Egypt Exploration Fund 31. London
, 35, pl. XXVII, 13 (bottom).