C-Ware – shallow bowl C-0798
By Droux, Xavier
Archaeological site unknown.
1902 : Donated by Harriet G. Caetani, duchess of Sermoneta (IT); bought in Egypt.Florence, Museo Egizio, 8782.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Almost complete
Decoration preservation : Very good
Preservation information :
Small chips at rim.
Description
The bottom of the vessel seems so have been left uncoated and unpolished.
Decoration
A condentric line was painted on the rim. Two large, crosshatched, downturned triangles face one another and divide the decorative space in two parts.
Between these triangles, on one side, are first two groups of long, parallel oblique lines (four and six lines) followed by a group of six small lines that hangs at the rim; to their right follows a vertical series of four vertically-hashed triangles pointing alternatingly to the right and the left; these triangles do not have an outline. A final group of long, parallel oblique lines complete the sequence. On the opposite side, the decoration is similar, but with only two groups of (five) long, parallel oblique lines instead of three, and the group of short lines is placed immediately next to one of the crosshatched triangles.
Dimensions (cm)
6.6
17.6
17.6
Additional information
Vi 267
Oi 100
flat base
Inside
Acknowledgements
We thank Maria Cristina Guidotti for forwarding information about this artefact.
