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C-Ware – deep bowl C-0335
By Droux, Xavier
, Archaeological context unknown. 1896 : Antiquities Service excavation.Cairo, Egyptian Museum, CG 11516 (JE 31466).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Intact
Decoration preservation : Good
Description
The bottom of the vessel appears to not have been slipped nor polished.
Decoration
A group of three contiguous, large, downturned, crosshatched triangles faces a similar group of two triangles. Between these two groups, two smaller, downturned, crosshatched triangles, each separated by a small gap from a downturned, crosshatched chevron are painted on opposite sides of the vessel.
1905: pl. 20, no. 11516.
1905: pl. 20, no. 11516.
© X. Droux.
Dimensions (cm)
Height :
7.5
Maximum diameter :
18
Rim diameter :
18
Additional information
Form :
Open
Vessel index :
Vi 240
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).