C-Ware – shallow bowl C-0160
By Droux, Xavier
, Tomb? H. C.
1909 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation. 1909 : Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund.Wellington, Museum of New Zealand - Te Papa Tongarewa, FE000066.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Fragmentary
Decoration preservation : Good
Preservation information :
Three mended sherds.
Decoration
The decoratrion is only partly preserved. Series of single chevrons decorate most of the rim. On one side of the vessel, six contiguous vertical panels are filled with horizontal lines. They extend from the rim to a concentric band painted around the bottom, except for two dividing lines that are interrupted a short distance before reaching the bottom. Four panels are placed on the opposite side, of which two are noticeably wider. Three of them are filled with horizontal lines, while the last one contains a 'tassel' design in its upper part and horizontal lines in its lower part.
In the rest of the available space, the lower part of a large 'tassel' motif is preserved on one side, together with a horizontal branch with short leaves on either sides of the stem. Whether the 'tassel' and branch were connected is unknown.
On the opposite side, a vertical compartment is filled with horizontal zigzag motifs. There are traces of further designs to its left, although what they may represent is uncertain.
Dimensions (cm)
8.1
22
22
Additional information
Open
Vi 272
Oi 100
flat base
Inside
Acknowledgements
We thank Museum of New Zealand - Te Papa Tongarewa for the information and images they kindly shared about this artefact.
