C-Ware deep bowl C-0327
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C-Ware – deep bowl C-0327

By Droux, Xavier

Gebel el-Tarif

, Archaeological context unknown. 1896 : Antiquities Service excavation.

Cairo, Egyptian Museum, CG 11507.

Date : Naqada IA–IIB

General range of C-ware production

Material : Nile silt (Painted)

Preservation : Unknown

Decoration preservation : Unknown

Decoration

Five downturned, crosshatched triangles are painted along the rim; their tips connects to the white-coated area at the bottom.

Quibell 1905: pl. 19, no. 11507.

Dimensions (cm)

Height :

5.5

Maximum diameter :

12

Rim diameter :

12

Additional information

Form :

Open

Vessel index :

Vi 218

Opening index :

Oi 100

Shape of base:

flat 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).

Cite this Page

Droux, X. 2022. C-0327, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/C-0327. retrieved 21 September 2024.