C-Ware – beaker C-0561
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Archaeological site unknown
Collection unknownMaterial : Nile silt (Painted)
Decoration
Two hippopotamus figurines stand on the rim facing left; in Quibell’s drawing, they appear to be crudely executed. Hippopotami are also painted on the vessel’s side in a rather inexperienced style: four animals facing right follow each other; there was insufficient space for one of them, which is smaller and poorly rendered. Their ears, or eyes, are indicated for three animals, and two have their incisors protruding from their mouths. One animal is separated from the others by two vertical lines drawn in front of and behind it. Two lines protrude from its back, possibly representing a highly stylised harpoon. A vertical plant is placed between two other animals.
Dimensions (cm)
10
Additional information
References
1952
Manuel d'archéologie égyptienne I: 1; les époques de formation, la préhistoire. Paris
, 276, fig.178.2021
A hippopotamus in a dish: Predynastic bowl Cairo Museum JE 85928 and aspects of hippopotamus symbolism in predynastic Egypt, in: Buchez, N. & Tristant, Y. (eds.), Rochecouste, O. (coll.), Égypte Antérieure. Mélanges de préhistoire et d’archéologie offerts à Béatrix Midant-Reynes par ses étudiants, collègues et amis, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 304. Leuven
, 305–310, table 1, no. 15.