C-Ware – sherd of bowl, rim C-0010

A single hippopotamus is depicted below the rim, facing left. It is almost entirely preserved. Its ears are indicated by two small dots on the head, and the muzzle is square. It stands on four very short legs that end with small dots. A short tail is painted at the back. Its body if filled with chevrons. A series of three small crosshatched triangles is visible above the hippopotamus. A larger crosshatched area is painted behind the animal, possibly originally a large triangle. An oblique line seems to be protruding from the bottom right of the snout, possibly indicating that the animal was harpooned.