C-Ware deep bowl C-0242
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C-Ware – deep bowl C-0242

By Droux, Xavier

Naqada

, Tomb N1443.

1894–1895 : William M.F. Petrie excavation.

Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, AN 1895.489.

Material : Nile silt (Painted)

Preservation : Almost complete

Decoration preservation : Very good

Preservation information :

Repaired; sherd missing at rim. Surface abraded at rim.

Description

The bowl is only red-slipped on the inside.

Decoration

At rim, four large, downturned triangles are unequally spaced and do not exactly face one another; there is a fifth, smaller, downturned triangle. The decoration of the triangles is unusual: it consists of downturned chevrons over which horizontal or arching lines are painted. These lines are sometimes only faintly preserved and do not all appear in the published drawings. The tip of each large triangle is connected to a vertical band that connects to a concentric line at the bottom of the bowl. Three of these bands are crosshatched, while one only consists of vertical lines of uneven length. Four parallel lines are painted inside the concentric line at the bottom.

Petrie 1921: pl. XXII, 43H.
Williams 1988: 92, fig. 34.
Payne 1993: fig. 28, 401.
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Dimensions (cm)

Height :

7.7

Maximum diameter :

15.8

Small diameter :

15.8

Rim diameter :

15.8

Other dimensions :

Base diam.: ca. 7.0

Additional information

Form :

Open

Vessel index :

Vi 205

Opening index :

Oi 100

Shape of base:

flat base

Decoration location :

Inside

Comments

Number "1443" written in black ink.

Acknowledgements

We thank Liam McNamara for facilitating the study of this artefact.

Cite this Page

Droux, X. 2022. C-0242, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/C-0242. retrieved 06 October 2024.