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C-Ware – deep bowl C-0330
By Droux, Xavier
, Archaeological context unknown. 1896 : Antiquities Service excavation.Cairo, Egyptian Museum, CG 11510 (JE 31467).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Unknown
Decoration preservation : Unknown
Decoration
Groups of two, three, four, and eight parallel oblique lines are painted below the rim; they connect to two concentric lines that imitate a spirale, with the addition of a concentric segment near the bottom of the vessel. At the centre, a rectangular feature contains a circle of six dots, with a seventh dot in the middle.
1905: pl. 19, no. 11510.
1905: pl. 19, no. 11510.
Dimensions (cm)
Height :
4
Maximum diameter :
9.5
Rim diameter :
9.5
Additional information
Form :
Open
Vessel index :
Vi 238
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).