C-Ware elliptical bowl C-0099
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C-Ware – elliptical bowl C-0099

By Droux, Xavier

Gebelein

, 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.

de Morgan 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.
von Bissing , F. W.

1913

Tongefässe: Erster Teil, bis zum Beginn des Alten Reiches. Catalogue Général des Antiquités Egyptiennes du Musée du Caire. Vienna 

, 21, cat. 2073, pl. VII.
Graff , G.

2009

Les peintures sur vases de Nagada I–Nagada II: nouvelle approche sémiologique de l'iconographie prédynastique. Egyptian Prehistory Monographs 6. Leuven 

, cat. 4.

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Droux, X. 2022. C-0099, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/C-0099. retrieved 01 September 2026.