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C-Ware – carenated bowl C-0061
By Droux, Xavier
, Archaeological context unknown. 1896 : Jacques de Morgan excavation.St-Germain-en-Laye, Musée d'Archéologie nationale, 77.705 w (.3).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Intact
Decoration preservation : Partially faded
Decoration
The vessel is decorated in its upper part with a series of downturned triangles filled with chevrons and a few upturned triangles, also filled with chevrons, placed between some of them.
1896: pl. III, 6.
1982: 116.
© X. Droux, courtesy of the Musée des Antiquités nationales.
© X. Droux, courtesy of the Musée des Antiquités nationales.
Dimensions (cm)
Height :
6.3
Maximum diameter :
8.6
Additional information
Form :
Closed
Vessel index :
Vi 137
Shape of rim :
direct
Shape of base:
flat base
Decoration location :
Outside
Acknowledgements
We thank Christine Lorre for facilitating the study of this artefact.
