C-Ware – bowl C-0302
By Droux, Xavier
, Tomb N1595.
1894–1895 : William M.F. Petrie excavation.Chicago, Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum (ISAC), OIM E 1621 A+B.
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Sherds
Decoration preservation : Partially faded
Preservation information :
Two large fragments, not connecting
Description
Black spots are visible on the inside rim of one of the sherd and on the exterior surface of both sherds. They were probably created accidentallyduring hte firing process.
Decoration
Petrie proposed a full reconstruction of the decorations, which is now only partly preserved on two fragments.
Four small, downturned triangles filled with chevrons are equally placed on the rim; below each is a wide gap followed by a large group of parallel, downturned chevrons (nine and ten chevrons); a single vertical line joins the tip of the small triangles to the chevrons below. Each lowermost chevron is connected at its apex to the tip of a small, upturned triangle filled with chevrons. A single pair of horizontal zigzag runs between two groups of downturned chevrons. A concentric line that was not reprodued in Petrie's drawing is painted roughly 1cm below the rim; it crosses over the dowturned chevrons and triangles.
At the bottom of the vessel were a double concentric line from which the upturned triangles arise, and within which were two triangles filled with chevrons facing one another, connected at their tip. This is not visible on the preserved part of the vessel.
Dimensions (cm)
1.1
24
24
11.2 x 20.4; 12.4 x 14.5
Additional information
Open
Oi 100
Inside
References
1894–1895
Unpublished manuscript excavation Notebook [no. 137: Naqada Great Cemetery (tombs N1490–N1492, N1550–N1559, N1586–N161)]. Petrie Museum, UCL
, (p. 21).1896
Naqada and Ballas, 1895. Egyptian Research Account 1. London
, pl. XXVIII, 8.