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C-Ware – bowl C-0321
By Droux, Xavier
, Archaeological context unknown. 1896 : Antiquities Service excavation.Cairo, Egyptian Museum, CG 11501 (JE 31470).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Fragmentary
Decoration preservation : Unknown
Preservation information :
At least part of the upper part of the bowl is missing.
Description
The bowl stands on a circular, hollow foot.
Decoration
A continuous series of downturned triangles was painted along the rim, of which five are preserved. Three are filled with crosshatching and two with oblique parallel lines. On the exterior, the base is coated white.
1905: pl. 19, no. 11501.
Dimensions (cm)
Height :
7.6
Additional information
Form :
Open
Shape of base:
on foot
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).