C-Ware – slender beaker C-0019
By Droux, Xavier
, Tomb U-239.
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut excavation.Egypt, -, JE 99072 (R 363; U-239/1).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Almost complete
Decoration preservation : Very good
Decoration
The decoration consists mostly of human figures, divided in six groups: four form an upper row, and the other two a lower row. The decorative space seems to have been divided vertically by the inclusion of an elongated Λ-sign.
In each group of the upper row, a figure is painted at a larger scale than the other; it is further differentiated by a twig-hairdress, by a tail or branch attached at the waist, by a bulbous protrusion at the front possibly representing a penis sheath, and by both its legs being shown. Each is associated with two smaller figures, that can be interpredted as prisoners, since most are bound together and to the larger figure nearer them. The only exception is the pair of prisoners in front of the victor with raised arms, although the arms of these specific prisoners are shown bound behind their back. Each prisoners is represented naked, or with a penish sheath of a different type than that of the victors. Three of them hold a mace with a rounded head. The lower groups consists of two pairs of small figures that are bound to one another; they have the same hairdo as the other prisoners above, but their sex is not represented; it remains to be determined whether they are also to be understood as male, or if female prisoners were intended.
Dimensions (cm)
29.6
11.6
11.6
Base diam.: 6.5
Additional information
Restricted
Vi 39
Oi 100
concave base
Outside
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