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C-Ware – sherd of bowl, rim-to-base C-0172
By Droux, Xavier
, Tomb H17.
1909 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.Brussels, Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, E.2935.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt
Preservation : Fragmentary
Decoration preservation : Faded
Preservation information :
Only one half of the vessel is preserved.
Decoration
Remains of three downturned triangles filled with wavy or crossing lines. A fish is painted at the bottom.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
2011: fig. 9.
Dimensions (cm)
Height :
7
Maximum diameter :
13.5
Rim diameter :
13.5
Additional information
Form :
Open
Vessel index :
Vi 193
Opening index :
Oi 100
Shape of base:
flat base
Decoration location :
Inside
References
Ayrton, E. R. ; Loat, W. L. S.
1911
Pre-dynastic cemetery at El Mahasna. Egypt Exploration Fund 31. London
, 11.Eyckerman, M. ; Hendrickx, S.
2011
The Naqada I tombs H17 and H41 at el-Mahâsna: a visual reconstruction, in: Friedman, Renée; Fiske, Peter N. (eds), Egypt at its origins 3: proceedings of the Third International Conference “Origin of the State. Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt”, London, 27th July – 1st August 2008. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 205. Leuven
, 382ff, figs. 2, 9, 16, 17.
