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C-Ware – deep bowl C-0329
By Droux, Xavier
, Archaeological context unknown. 1896 : Antiquities Service excavation.Cairo, Egyptian Museum, CG 11509 (JE 31467).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Almost complete
Decoration preservation : Unknown
Preservation information :
Sherd missing at the rim.
Decoration
Five downturned, crosshatched triangles are painted along the rim; they are not connected at their corners and their tips do not all point toward the centre of the vessel.
1905: pl. 19, no. 11509.
1905: pl. 19, no. 11509.
Dimensions (cm)
Height :
6
Maximum diameter :
13.5
Rim diameter :
13.5
Additional information
Form :
Open
Vessel index :
Vi 225
Opening index :
Oi 100
Shape of base:
round 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).