C-Ware deep bowl C-0105
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C-Ware – deep bowl C-0105

By Droux, Xavier

Gebelein

, Archaeological context unknown. 1955 : Transferred from the Museum für Völkerkunde.

Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, AE_INV_8458.

Date : Naqada IA–IIB

General range of C-ware production

Material : Nile silt (Painted)

Preservation : Fragmentary

Decoration preservation : Partially faded

Preservation information :

Large rim sherd missing.

Description

The bottom interior of the bowl is not slipped.

Decoration

Eight vertical lines divide the decorative space; they each have a crosshatched half-triangle attached to their upper part, just below the rim. The eight 'panels' between these motifs are occupied three times by two groups of three parallel oblique lines crossing over one another. It seems that this motif was first painted five times, but the painter modified it and filled the space between the triple lines to transform them into two thick bands, along the edges of which he added dots. These two motifs therefore resemble two others, which are thinner bands with dots along their edges. The remaining panel was left empty. There is a concentric line at the bottom.

Kunsthistorisches Museum (ed.) : Online catalogue.
© X. Droux, courtesy of the Kunsthistorisches Museum.
© X. Droux, courtesy of the Kunsthistorisches Museum.

Dimensions (cm)

Height :

8.1

Maximum diameter :

19

Rim diameter :

19

Other dimensions :

Base diameter: 6.5

Additional information

Form :

Open

Vessel index :

Vi 235

Opening index :

Oi 100

Shape of rim :

direct

Shape of base:

flat base

Decoration location :

Inside

Acknowledgements

Regina Hölzl and staff at the Kunsthistorisches Museum for facilitating the study of this artefact on 27.09.2019.

References

Not previously published.

Cite this Page

Droux, X. 2022. C-0105, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/C-0105. retrieved 12 February 2025.