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C-Ware – shallow bowl C-0884
By Droux, Xavier
, Ab. 24.
1895–1896 : E. Amélineau excavation. ? – 1948 : Collection of the Musée Guimet, Paris. 1948 : Given to the Musée du Louvre.Paris, Musée du Louvre, E 21723.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Intact
Decoration preservation : Mostly faded
Decoration
Two downturned triangles filled with chevrons are connected to one another. The same design may have been present on the opposite side of the vessel, while a single downturned triangle filled with chevrons seems to be depicted inbetween, leaving wide gaps between the different motifs.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
Dimensions (cm)
Height :
4.6
Maximum diameter :
12.3
Rim diameter :
12.3
Additional information
Form :
Open
Vessel index :
Vi 267
Opening index :
Oi 100
Shape of rim :
direct
Shape of base:
round base
Decoration location :
Inside
Comments
The Online catalogue of the Musée du Louvre lists this bowl as coming from el-Amra. However, it is not discussed nor photographed by E. Amélineau in his excavation report, which details the C-ware vessels from that site. This bowl may instead have been found at Abydos, as suggested by the archaeological context "Ab. 24" mentioned by the Louvre.
References
Not previously published.
