C-Ware – deep bowl C-0169
By Droux, Xavier
, Tomb H88.
1909 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.New Haven, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, YPM ANT 6797.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Intact
Decoration preservation : Very good
Preservation information :
Single crack from rim to base.
Decoration
On one side, three similar "tassel-like" motifs are visible: two are painted one next to the other, and they are separated from the third one to the left by a small, crosshathed rectangular panel. The three tassels are similarly designed: the central part consists of two inverted triangles connected at their tip, with a vertical line crossing through their middle and extending further up at the top. The lower part is made of seven wavy lines; unlike similar tassel-like motifs, the wavy lines of two of them have the appearance of series of drops rather than continuous lines. A horizontal line is painted below the leftmost tassel-like motif.
The rest of the decoration consists of two vertical, crosshatched panels and two downturned, crossshatched triangles in alternation. The vertical hatchings extend at the top of each motif, creating a fringe.
Dimensions (cm)
7.8
15.7
15.7
Base diameter: 6.3
Additional information
Open
Vi 201
Oi 100
flat base
Inside
References
1911
Pre-dynastic cemetery at El Mahasna. Egypt Exploration Fund 31. London
, 34, pl. XXIV, 3.1921
Corpus of prehistoric pottery and palettes. British School of Archaeology in Egypt & Egyptian Research Account 32, 23rd year, 1917. London
, pl. LXI, 100K.1952
Manuel d'archéologie égyptienne I: 1; les époques de formation, la préhistoire. Paris
, 258, fig. 182.
