C-Ware – elliptical bowl C-0072
By Droux, Xavier
, Tomb b127.
1900–1901 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.Bristol, Museum and art gallery, H715.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Complete, repaired
Decoration preservation : Good
Preservation information :
Chip missing at rim.
Decoration
Series of three large crosshatched downturned triangles along one long side and series of four smaller similar triangles on opposite side. A band filled with with groups of chevrons runs across the bottom, from narrow rim to narrow rim.
Dimensions (cm)
12.5
Additional information
Open
direct
round base
Inside
Acknowledgements
We thank Amber Druce for facilitating the study of this artefact on 24.04.2013.
References
1902
El Amrah and Abydos, 1899–1901. Egypt Exploration Fund, special extra publication, 23. London
, pl. XV, 15, C19.
