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C-Ware – deep bowl C-0326
By Droux, Xavier
, Archaeological context unknown. 1896 : Antiquities Service excavation.Cairo, Egyptian Museum, CG 11506 (JE 31466).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Unknown
Decoration preservation : Unknown
Decoration
Five large, downturned, crosshatched triangles are painted along the rim. Two of them are connected at their top corner, while one triangle overlaps over another one. There are uneven spaces between the others. The bottom of the inerior is coated white.
1905: pl. 19, no. 11506.
1905: pl. 19, no. 11506.
Dimensions (cm)
Height :
7.5
Maximum diameter :
13.5
Rim diameter :
13.5
Additional information
Form :
Open
Vessel index :
Vi 180
Opening index :
Oi 100
Shape of base:
convexe base
Decoration location :
Inside
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).