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C-Ware – deep bowl C-0320
By Droux, Xavier
, Archaeological context unknown. 1896 : Antiquities Service excavation.Cairo, Egyptian Museum, CG 11500 (JE 31466).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Intact
Decoration preservation : Partially faded
Description
The bottom of the interior of the vessel is not slipped nor polished.
Decoration
Seven downturned, crosshatched triangles connected at their top corners hang from the rim; they are painted on the part of the wall of the bowl that had been slipped and polished . On the exterior, the lower part is coated white.
1905: pl. 19, no. 11500.
© X. Droux.
Dimensions (cm)
Height :
6
Maximum diameter :
12
Rim diameter :
12
Additional information
Form :
Open
Vessel index :
Vi 200
Opening index :
Oi 100
Shape of base:
flat base
Decoration location :
Inside and outside
Comments
Quibell (1905) listed the provenance of this artefact as Saghel el-Baglia, without suggesting that this provenance had been used erroneously, instead of Gebel el-Tarif. This is however likely the case. See de Morgan (1896, 1897).