C-Ware shallow bowl C-0189
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C-Ware – shallow bowl C-0189

By Droux, Xavier

Mesaid

, Tomb 789.

1913 : Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts expedition.

Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, MFA 13.3934 (M789/7).

Date : Naqada IA–IIB

General range of C-ware production

Material : Nile silt (Painted)

Preservation : Complete, repaired

Decoration preservation : Mostly faded

Decoration

A concentric line is painted at the bottom of the vessel, from which fifteen plant motifs rise. These consist of long, slightly undulating stems with short leaves on both sides. The top of the plants reach the rim and extend on the lip.

Museum of Fine Arts (ed.) : Online catalogue.

Dimensions (cm)

Height :

4.5

Maximum diameter :

12

Rim diameter :

12

Additional information

Form :

Open

Vessel index :

Vi 267

Opening index :

Oi 100

Shape of base:

flat base

Decoration location :

Inside

Cite this Page

Droux, X. 2022. C-0189, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/C-0189. retrieved 21 September 2024.