C-Ware – sherd, type uncertain, body C-0136
By Droux, Xavier
, Settlement HK24B, brewery.
2006 : Hierakonpolis Expedition excavation.Egypt (06-110).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Sherd
Decoration preservation : Very good
Description
The interior surface is not slipped.
Decoration
The front part of an antelope that faces toward the right is preserved. Its horns are curved and point frontward; two small dots behind the rear horn indicate the ears. Its body, which is rather thin, is crosshatched. Its legs appear to be short, although they may continue beyond the break and overlap with the element painted immediately below it, which seems to curve upward toward the right.
Dimensions (cm)
5.4 x 4.7
Additional information
not preserved
Outside
Acknowledgements
We thank Dr Renée Friedman for facilitating the study of this artefact.
References
2009
Excavations at HK24B, in Friedman, Renée; et al. (eds.), Report on the 2006-2007 season of the Hierakonpolis Expedition. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Egypte 83
, 199.
