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C-Ware – sherd of beaker, rim C-0135
By Droux, Xavier
, Cemetery HK12, Surface find.
02.02.1980 : Hierakonpolis Expedition survey.Egypt (Find HK12/5/2).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production.
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Sherd
Decoration preservation : Mostly faded
Preservation information :
Rim preservation: 17%.
Description
On the inside of the vessel, only the upper band has been slipped and polished.
Decoration
On the outside, parts of two downturned triangles filled with horizontal lines arepartly preserved. The lip is decorated with an apparently continuous series of parallel vertical strokes on the red-polished band.
© Xavier Droux, courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition.
© Xavier Droux, courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition.
Dimensions (cm)
Rim diameter :
16
Fragment dimensions :
11 x 7
Additional information
Form :
Open
Shape of base:
not preserved
Decoration location :
Outside and inside lip
Acknowledgements
We thank Dr Renée Friedman for facilitating the study of this artefact.
