C-Ware carenated bowl C-0293
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C-Ware – carenated bowl C-0293

By Droux, Xavier

Archaeological site unknown.

1886 : Bought in Luxor.

Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, ÄM 9558.

Date : Naqada IA–IIB

General range of C-ware production.

Material : Nile silt (Painted)

Preservation : Intact

Decoration preservation : Very good

Decoration

The vessel is only decrated in its upper part, with two concentric lines - one below the rim and one at the level of the maximum diamter - framing the decorative space. Two upturned triangles, filled with chevrons, are separated from one another by four groups of parallel, oblique lines.

Scharff 1931: pl. 11, no. 251.

Dimensions (cm)

Height :

5.5

Additional information

Form :

Closed

Shape of base:

round base

Decoration location :

Outside

Cite this Page

Droux, X. 2022. C-0293, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/C-0293. retrieved 12 February 2025.