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.
Dimensions (cm)
7.5
18
18
Additional information
Open
Vi 240
Oi 100
flat base
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).