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C-Ware – squat beaker C-0085
By Droux, Xavier
, Tomb 38.
1906–1907 : Henri de Morgan excavation.New York, Brooklyn Museum, 07.447.399.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Intact
Decoration preservation : Very good
Description
On the inside, only a narrow band at rim is slipped and polished. The legs are not polished.
Decoration
On the outside, five large vertical crosshatched rectangles alternate with five plants, which consist of a long vertical stem with short leaves on either side. On the inside, only the narrow band at the lip is decorated, with two groups of three downturned triangles filled with chevrons on opposite sides and, between these two groups, two triple rows of dots.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
1984: 95, fig. 11, 38.
Dimensions (cm)
Height :
15.9
Maximum diameter :
18.9
Rim diameter :
18.9
Additional information
Form :
Open
Vessel index :
Vi 119
Opening index :
Oi 100
Shape of base:
on three feet
Decoration location :
Inside and outside
References
de Morgan, H.
1909
L'Egypte primitive (suite). Revue de l'Ecole d'Anthropologie de Paris 19
, 268, fig. 127, no. 3.Needler, W.
1984
Predynastic and archaic Egypt in the Brooklyn Museum. Wilbour Monographs 9. Brooklyn
, 95, fig. 11, no 38; 186-7, cat. 28, no. 28.