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C-Ware – bottle C-0056
By Droux, Xavier
, Archaeological context unknown. March 1896 : E. Amelineau excavation. ? – 1948 : Collection of the Musée Guimet, Paris. 1948 : Given to the Musée du Louvre.Paris, Musée du Louvre, E 28029.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Decoration
Three large concentric panels run around the body of the vessel. The top and bottom lines are doubled, as well as the line between the bottom and middle panels. The top panel is filled with six groups of tripple vertical zigzags, the middle one with groups of tripple oblique lines, and the bottom one with five groups of tripple chevrons all pointing toward the right.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
1899: pl. XIII, top row, 2nd from left
Dimensions (cm)
Height :
29.6
Maximum diameter :
8.6
Additional information
Form :
Closed
Vessel index :
Vi 29
Shape of base:
flat base
Comments
Graff (2009) lists the provenance as unknown. 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.
