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C-Ware – carenated bowl C-0331
By Droux, Xavier
, Archaeological context unknown. 1896 : Antiquities Service excavation.Cairo, Egyptian Museum, CG 11512 (JE 31471).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Intact
Decoration preservation : Very good
Decoration
In the upper part of the vessel are five parallel, concentric lines. The lowermost one is painted approximately around the maximum diameter and the uppermost one at the rim, with the paint going slightly over the inside in places.
A band consisting of groups of oblique parallel lines placed between two lines runs from rim to rim across the bottom of the vessel.
1905: pl. 19, no. 11512.
© X. Droux.
Dimensions (cm)
Height :
5.2
Additional information
Form :
Closed
Shape of base:
round base
Decoration location :
Outside
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).