C-Ware bowl C-0279
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C-Ware – bowl C-0279

By Droux, Xavier

Naqada

, Tomb N1828.

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

Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, AN 1895.488.

Material : Nile silt (Painted)

Decoration

Inside: concentric line at rim; below, two vertical panels filled with upturned cherons, separated by a narrow empty band. On either side of this group, a narrow band separates the panels from the next vertical line, from which stem series of oblique strokes; Thre are four vertical plant, consisting of long stems with leaves on either sides; the tip of the outermost leaves of this group connect to the oblique strokes. There are additionaly two pairs of vertical stroke, near one another, in the band to the left of the vertical panels.

Outside: bird facing left, painted in an oblique way, with its legs toward the back of the body.

Petrie 1921: pl. XXII, 43D.
Payne 1993: fig. 28, 400.
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Dimensions (cm)

Height :

6.7

Maximum diameter :

15.2

Other dimensions :

Dbase: 4.7 cm

Additional information

Vessel index :

Vi 227

Cite this Page

Droux, X. 2022. C-0279, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/C-0279. retrieved 11 February 2025.