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C-Ware – elliptical bowl C-0099
By Droux, Xavier
, Archaeological context unknown.Cairo, Egyptian Museum, CG 2073 (JE 26534).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Unknown
Decoration preservation : Unknown
Decoration
A series of five crosshatched rectangles runs along centre of the bowl, from narrow end to narrow end. Along both long sides are similar zigzags, one consisting of four parallel lines, the other of five parallel lines.
1896: pl. II, 3.
Dimensions (cm)
Height :
4.7
Maximum diameter :
21
Small diameter :
12.5
Additional information
Form :
Open
Vessel index :
Vi 447
Shape of rim :
direct
Shape of base:
round base
Decoration location :
Inside
References
de Morgan, J.
1896
Recherches sur les origines de l'Egypte I: l'âge de la pierre et les métaux. Paris
, pl. II, 3.Budge, E. A. T. W.
1902
Egypt in the Neolithic and Archaic periods. Books on Egypt and Chaldaea IX. London
, 99.