C-Ware – sherd of beaker, body C-0130
By Droux, Xavier
, Cemetery HK6, pit 316, surface near Tomb 22.
20.11.1999 : Hierakonpolis Expedition excavation.Egypt (find no. 220A).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production.
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Sherd
Decoration preservation : Good
Description
The interior of the vessel is not slipped nor polished.
Decoration
A rectangular feature is divided into three narrow vertical spaces by the presence of two vertical lines; this is possibly an architectural design, wihich is sourrounded by small polka dots. There are remains of another line on the right extremity of the sherd.
Dimensions (cm)
4.2 x 3.2
Additional information
Closed
not preserved
Outside
Acknowledgements
We thank Dr Renée Friedman for facilitating the study of this artefact.
References
2002
Decorated sherds from renewed excavations at Locality 6, Hierakonpolis. Cahiers Caribéens d'Egyptologie 3–4
, 8, 20, 25, fig. 5.2004
Excavations in the Elite Predynastic Cemetery at Hierakonpolis Locality HK6: 1999-2000. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Egypte 78
, 44–5, fig. 9, c.2016
Putting the Hierakonpolis C-ware on the Map. Nekhen News 28
, 16 (fig. HK6, 2nd row, centre).2017
The elite predynastic cemetery at Hierakonpolis HK6: 2011–2015 progress report, in: Midant-Reynes, Beatrix; Tristan, Yann (eds); Ryan E.M. (ass), Egypt at its origins 5: proceedings of the Fifth International Conference "Origin of the State. Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt", Cairo, 13th–18th April 2014. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 260. Leuven
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