C-Ware bowl C-0258
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C-Ware – bowl C-0258

By Droux, Xavier

Naqada

, Tomb N1592.

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

Chicago, Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum (ISAC), OIM E 940.

Material : Nile silt (Painted)

Decoration

Remains of four downturned crosshatched triangles and of two downturned triangles filled with chevrons; space for an additional triangle, likely crosshatched. Bottom of vessel coated white

Petrie & Quibell 1896: pl. XXVIII, 28 and 32 (?).
Petrie 1921: pl. XXI, 30D and 31 (?).
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum (ed.) : online catalogue.
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum (ed.) : online catalogue.
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum (ed.) : online catalogue.

Dimensions (cm)

Height :

8.3

Maximum diameter :

19.2

Additional information

Vessel index :

Vi 231

References

Quibell , J. E.

1894–1895

Unpublished manuscript excavation Notebook [no. 137: Naqada Great Cemetery (tombs N1490–N1492, N1550–N1559, N1586–N161)]. Petrie Museum, UCL

, (p. 20).
Petrie , W. M. F. ; Quibell , J. E.

1896

Naqada and Ballas, 1895. Egyptian Research Account 1. London 

, pl. XXVIII, 28 and 32 (?).
Petrie , W. M. F.

n.d.

Ceramics classification slip, manuscript document (Petrie Museum UCL)

.
Petrie , W. M. F.

1921

Corpus of prehistoric pottery and palettes. British School of Archaeology in Egypt & Egyptian Research Account 32, 23rd year, 1917. London

, pl. XXI, 30D and 31 (?).
Teeter , E.

2011

Before the pyramids: the origins of Egyptian civilization. Oriental Institute Museum Publications 33. Chicago 

, 176.

Digital references

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum

(ed.).

Online catalogue

, retrieved 30.12.2016.

Cite this Page

Droux, X. 2022. C-0258, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/C-0258. retrieved 01 September 2026.

Related person

Petrie, William Matthew Flinders

Excavation director