C-Ware – sherd of beaker, rim C-0140
By Droux, Xavier
, Settlement HK29, burnt house, square 20R0, level 1.
1978–1979 : Hierakonpolis Expedition excavation.Egypt.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Sherds
Decoration preservation : Good
Preservation information :
Two mended sherds. Only a tiny part of the rim is preserved at the tip of the sherd.
Description
The interior surface is not slipped nor polished, except for a narrow (ca. 0.8 cm) band at the lip of the rim.
Decoration
Remains of a group of four upturned chevrons. To the right are faint traces of another oblique line (top left to bottom right).
Dimensions (cm)
4.1 x 3.4
Additional information
not preserved
Outside
Comments
These two sherds were mended after the publication by Droux & Friedman (2016); the sherd illustrated in that article is shown upside-down.
Acknowledgements
We thank Dr Renée Friedman for facilitating the study of this artefact.
References
1982
Chapter 2.1. Artifact analyses: a taxonomic system for predynastic settlement ceramics and the Locality 29 assemblage, in: Hoffman, Michael A. (ed.), The Predynastic of Hierakonpolis: an interim report. Egyptian Studies Association Publication 1. Giza & Macomb IL
, 83, tab. II.19.