C-Ware deep bowl C-0079
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C-Ware – deep bowl C-0079

By Droux, Xavier

el-Amra

, Tomb b212.

1900–1901 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.

Bristol, Museum and art gallery, H714.

Date : Naqada IA–IIB

General range of C-ware production

Material : Nile silt (Painted)

Preservation : Complete

Decoration preservation : Partly lost

Preservation information :

Surface eroded in parts

Decoration

A series of eight downturned crosshatched triangles hangs from the rim; at bottom, series of seven upturned triangles filled with parallel oblique lines (bottom left to top right).

Randall-MacIver & Mace 1902: pl. XV, 6.
Petrie 1921: pl. XXII, 38.
© Xavier Droux, courtesy of the Bristol Museums, Galleries and Archives.

Dimensions (cm)

Height :

5

Maximum diameter :

11.5

Rim diameter :

11.5

Additional information

Form :

Open

Vessel index :

Vi 230

Opening index :

Oi 100

Decoration location :

Inside

Acknowledgements

We thank Amber Druce for arranging the study of this artefact on 24.04.2013.

Cite this Page

Droux, X. 2022. C-0079, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/C-0079. Retrieved 12 May 2024.