C-Ware – elliptical bowl C-0103
By Droux, Xavier
, Archaeological context unknown.Geneva, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, D1183.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Almost complete
Decoration preservation : Good
Preservation information :
Sherd missing at one of the narrow extremities.
Decoration
Two crocodiles, seen in top view, are represented head to tail. They occupy most of the interior of the vessel. Their heads are lozenge-shaped and their bodies decorated with chevrons. Their legs are flexed and end with three-toed claws. A series of triangular dots on the tails represents the scales of the hide. A crosshatched area is painted next to one of the crocodiles. It has triangles at its extremities and small dots along one of its edges, and probably represents a net with weights and/or floaters. The scene is completed by two rectangular designs, each filled with two rows of squares (published drawing not correct), placed between the crocodiles.
Dimensions (cm)
4
17.5
13
Additional information
Open
Vi 438
direct
round base
Inside
References
1948
Choix d'objets pré-pharaoniques appartenant à des collections de Suisse. Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale 47
, 6-13, fig. 1, pl. 1c.1952
Manuel d'archéologie égyptienne I: 1; les époques de formation, la préhistoire. Paris
, 281, fig. 185.1998
Peaux d'animaux comme symboles prédynastiques: à propos de quelques représentations sur les vases White Cross-lined. Chronique d'Egypte 73
, 209, n. 12.