C-Ware – deep bowl C-0167
By Droux, Xavier
, Tomb H45.
1909 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.Bolton, Museum and Archive Service, 1909.76.14.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Complete
Decoration preservation : Partially faded
Preservation information :
Surface damaged at the rim, with loss of paint and slip. On the interior surface, the painted decoration is often only visible as a clear ghost.
Decoration
The decoration consists of four vertical compartments painted between a continuous zigzag on the rim and a concentric line at the bottom. Two of the panels, on opposite sides of the vessel, are filled with series of nine parallel horizontal zigzags (one of them has an additional zigzag line that only occupies half the width of the compartment). The other two compartments are filled with fourteen and thirteen horizontal lines of polka dots. At the top, between each compartment, is a zigzag line. The concentric line at the bottom contains five straight lines that joint at the centre.
Dimensions (cm)
7.4
15
15
Base diameter: 6.5
Additional information
Vi 203
Oi 100
flat base
Inside
Comments
The height is quite irregular, ranging from 6.8 to 7.4 cm. Pencil inscripition "Bolton" and ink inscription H45 (c) on base.
Acknowledgements
We thank Ian Trumble for facilitating the study of this artefact on 13.05.2019.
References
1911
Pre-dynastic cemetery at El Mahasna. Egypt Exploration Fund 31. London
, pl. XXIV, 4.1921
Corpus of prehistoric pottery and palettes. British School of Archaeology in Egypt & Egyptian Research Account 32, 23rd year, 1917. London
, pl. LXI, 47N.
