C-Ware – shallow bowl C-0159
By Droux, Xavier
, Tomb H15.
1909 : Egypt Exploration Fund Excavation.Edinburgh, National Museums of Scotland, A.1909.525.7.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Intact
Decoration preservation : Very good
Decoration
A concentric line is painted on the rim. On the interior of the vessel are two continuous rows of downturned, cross-hatched triangles. The upper row consists of ten triangles; there is a narrow gap between the top of the row and the concentric line on the rim. The lower row contains only four triangles; there is no connection between the tip of the upper triangles and the top of the lower ones.
Dimensions (cm)
7.4
20.5
20.5
Additional information
Open
Vi 277
Oi 100
flat base
Inside
Acknowledgements
We thank Daniel Potter for the information he kindly shared about this artefact.
References
1911
Pre-dynastic cemetery at El Mahasna. Egypt Exploration Fund 31. London
, 10, pl. XXIV, 1.
