C-Ware – shallow bowl C-0122
By Droux, Xavier
, Settlement, context 2074, hole 30.
1924 : Excavation of the British School of Archaeology in Egypt – Egyptian Research Account.London, Petrie Museum, UC 9520.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Fragmentary
Decoration preservation : Partially faded
Preservation information :
A large sherd is missing at the rim: the publication drawing suggests that the vessel was intact when discovered, and that the brea, and loss of the sherd may have happened later.
Decoration
Two large downturnted triangles filled with polka dots are painted on opposite sides of the vessel. A vertical line extends from the tip of each one, and reaches the circular motifs at the bottom of the vessel. In the middle of the space between the triangles is, on each side, a vertical tripple-zigzag that runs from rim to central motif. Inbetween these triangles and zigzags are horizontal parallel zigzags along rim and, below, horizontal series of three and four small, connected triangles filled with polka dots. At the bottom, four concentric lines create a pattern of three concentric bands, two filled with polka dots and the central band left empty, and an empty circle at the very centre.
Dimensions (cm)
5.1
16.5
16.5
Additional information
Open
Vi 324
Oi 100
flat base
Inside
References
1928
The Badarian civilisation and predynastic remains near Badari. British School of Archaeology in Egypt & Egyptian Research Account 46, 30th year, 1924. London
, pl. XXXVIII, 44t.