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C-Ware – deep bowl C-0334
By Droux, Xavier
, Archaeological context unknown. 1896 : Antiquities Service excavation.Cairo, Egyptian Museum, CG 11515 (JE 31466).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Almost complete
Decoration preservation : Good
Preservation information :
The rim is heavily eroded and chipped.
Decoration
A continuous series of six downturned, crosshatched triangles is painted at the rim; their tips connect to the white-coated bottom of the bowl.
1905: pl. 20, no. 11515.
1905: pl. 20, no. 11515.
© X. Droux.
Dimensions (cm)
Height :
8.5
Maximum diameter :
17
Rim diameter :
17
Additional information
Form :
Open
Vessel index :
Vi 200
Opening index :
Oi 100
Shape of base:
flat 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).