C-Ware – shallow bowl C-0174
By Droux, Xavier
, Tomb 2717.
1929–1931 : British Museum Expedition excavation.Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 54329.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Fragmentary
Decoration preservation : Good
Preservation information :
Repaired from two fragments and large sherd missing at rim.
Decoration
Two hippopotamuses face each other on one side of the vessel, and a crocodile face left on the other. The incisors of the hippopotamuses protrude from their mouths, and their ears, eyes, and nostrils appear as small protuberances on their heads. Their feet are represented by small dots. The reptile occupies nearly half of the surface of the bowl, and is depicted in top view with flexed legs ending with four(?)-toed claws. The bodies of the animals are filled with chevrons.
Dimensions (cm)
5.3
14.4
14.4
Additional information
Open
Vi 272
Oi 100
flat base
Inside
References
1948
Matmar. British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt, 1929–1931. London
, 14, 100, pls. IX, XI, 32.1989
Das Nilpferd in der Vorstellungswelt der alten Ägypter. Teil I, Katalog. Europäische Hochschulschriften VIII, 22. Frankfurt am Main
, doc. 27c.1998
Peaux d'animaux comme symboles prédynastiques: à propos de quelques représentations sur les vases White Cross-lined. Chronique d'Egypte 73
, 209, n. 12.