C-Ware deep bowl C-0090
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C-Ware – deep bowl C-0090

By Droux, Xavier

Mamariya

, Tomb 43.

1906–1907 : Henri de Morgan excavation.

New York, Brooklyn Museum, 07.447.397.

Date : Naqada IA–IIB

General range of C-ware production

Material : Nile silt (Painted)

Preservation : Complete, repaired

Decoration preservation : Good

Decoration

Two, possibly three concentric lines are painted on the rim, from which four designs of downturned chevrons hang.  Three of these consist of a small group of chevrons at the rim and a larger group below, with a gap between the two; the small, upper groups have three, four, and five chevrons each, the lower, larger groups have eight and nine chevrons each. The fourth design only consists of a single group of eight downturned chevrons.

At the bottom of the vessel are two concentric lines containing two groups of chevrons pointing toward one another. From the external concentric line rise four upturned triangles filled with chevrons that connect at their tip with the extremity of the four lowermost downturned chevrons.

Brooklyn Museum (ed.) : Online catalogue.
Brooklyn Museum (ed.) : Online catalogue.
Needler 1984: 95, fig. 11, 43.

Dimensions (cm)

Height :

9.1

Maximum diameter :

19.5

Rim diameter :

19.5

Additional information

Form :

Open

Vessel index :

Vi 214

Opening index :

Oi 100

Shape of base:

flat base

Decoration location :

Inside

Cite this Page

Droux, X. 2022. C-0090, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/C-0090. retrieved 12 February 2025.