C-Ware – deep bowl C-0078
By Droux, Xavier
, Tomb b161.
1900–1901 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.Oxford, Pitt Rivers Museum, 1901.29.94.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Complete, repaired
Decoration preservation : Very good
Decoration
A crosshatched area covers almost half of the inside of the vessel. In the other part, eight lines with loops at the end are connected together, possibly representing a hunting trap. Two animals, possibly gazelles, are depicted immediately to the right of this design. They face right and seem to have their back legs connected to one loop each. These two loops, unlike the others have a dot painted in their centre. The gazelles have short straight horns pointing backward and medium-sized tails. Behind them, a few painted lines might be an unfinished animal representation. No traces on the vessel suggest that this motif was ever completed. On the other side of the trap, an animal with lyre-shaped horns faces left. The front half of its body is filed in with chevrons design. Possibly a hartebeest (although the tail is short), it is not directly connected to the trap, although its back legs are very close to one of its loops.
Dimensions (cm)
8.2
16.5
16.5
Additional information
Open
Vi 201
Oi 100
round base
Inside
Acknowledgements
We thank Zena McGreevy and Alice Stevenson, as well as Madeleine Ding for facilitating the study of this artefact on 11.11.2010 and 24.11.2013.
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