C-Ware – deep bowl C-0055
By Droux, Xavier
, Archaeological context unknown. March 1896 : E. Amélineau excavation. ? – 1948 : Collection of the Musée Guimet, Paris. 1948 : Given to the Musée du Louvre.
Paris, Musée du Louvre, E 21732.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Almost complete
Decoration preservation : Good
Preservation information :
Chips at rim.
Decoration
One long compartment filled with parallel lines runs from rim to rim through the bottom of the vessel. In its centre, two other compartments with similar filling pattern run to the rim, the whole creating a cross design. There is additionally one tripple downturned chevron below the rim in one of the areas left empty between the compartments.
Dimensions (cm)
5.3
10.7
10.7
Additional information
Open
Vi 202
Oi 100
round base
Inside
Comments
Amélineau did not supervise the excavation at el-Amra that were carried out 4-13 March 1896 on request from de Morgan. Details of the tomb and its funerary assemblage are unknown. The paint was much better preserved at the time of Amelineau's publication than today.
