C-Ware – carenated bowl C-0332
By Droux, Xavier
, Archaeological context unknown. 1896 : Antiquities Service excavation.Cairo, Egyptian Museum, CG 11513 (JE 31471).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Almost complete
Decoration preservation : Very good
Preservation information :
Chips at rim.
Decoration
Only the upper part of the vessel is decorated. A double concentric line is painted at the rim and another one at the level of the maximum diameter. Inbetween is a concontinuous series of six upturned, crosshatched triangles; their tips are connected to the uppermost double-line.
Most of the crosshatching lines extend carelessely and irregularly below the level of the maximum diameter, as if the vessel was only inteded to be seen from above.
Dimensions (cm)
7
10
Additional information
Open
Vi 143
round base
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).