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C-Ware – deep bowl C-0328
By Droux, Xavier
, Archaeological context unknown. 1896 : Antiquities Service excavation.Cairo, Egyptian Museum, CG 11508 (JE 31466).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Almost complete
Decoration preservation : Very good
Preservation information :
Chip at rim.
Decoration
Seven downturned triangles filled with parallel oblique lines are painted along the rim. A vertical plant motif is located between two of the triangles ; the bottom of the interior is coated white.
1905: pl. 19, no. 11508.
© X. Droux.
Dimensions (cm)
Height :
6
Maximum diameter :
14
Rim diameter :
14
Additional information
Form :
Open
Vessel index :
Vi 233
Opening index :
Oi 100
Shape of base:
unknown
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).