C-Ware – deep bowl C-0018
By Droux, Xavier
, Tomb U-235.
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut excavation.Egypt, -, U-235/2.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Intact
Decoration preservation : Good
Decoration
Decorated both inside and outside; inside: series of small downturned triangles along rim, pairs of oblique lines, upturned chevrons and various other lines; concentric lines at bottom. Outside: series of upturned chevrons below rim; below, two parallel horizontal lines followed by parallel oblique lines or chevrons and two further horizontal lines. Unusual decoration
Dimensions (cm)
5.9
12.8
12.8
Base diam.: 5.4
Additional information
Open
Vi 217
Oi 100
flat base
Inside and outside
References
1998
Umm el-Qaab: Nachuntersuchungen im frühzeitlichen Königsfriedhof, 9./10. Vorbericht. Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo 54
, 108-9, fig. 11.3, pl. 6, a.2016
Umm el-Qaab IV: die Keramik der älteren und mittleren Naqadakultur aus dem prädynastischen Friedhof U in Abydos (Umm el-Qaab). Teil 1: Textband/Auswertung. Archäologische Veröffentlichungen 98. Wiesbaden
, 184, fig. 79, varia 4; 238, fig. 113, k; 244, fig. 116, e.