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C-Ware – deep bowl C-0104
By Droux, Xavier
, Archaeological context unknown. 1953 : Gift Marianne Maspero.Paris, Musée du Louvre, E 25383.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Complete
Decoration preservation : Partially faded
Preservation information :
Parts of the surface are eroded, especially at the rim.
Decoration
Two bands, one just below the rim, the second one near the bottom of the vessel, are filled with crosshatched rectangles that alternate with empty areas.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
Dimensions (cm)
Height :
5
Maximum diameter :
11.6
Rim diameter :
11.6
Additional information
Form :
Open
Vessel index :
Vi 232
Opening index :
Oi 100
Decoration location :
Inside
Comments
Gaston Maspero excavated at Gebelein in 1885; it is not certain whether this vessel comes from his excavation at the site. It was donated to the Louvre Museum by Marianne Maspero, née Rusen (1916-2013), the wife of Maspero's grandson Pierre Théodore Gaston Maspero (1907-1979).
