C-Ware – sherd of beaker, body C-0142
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 : Sherd
Decoration preservation : Mostly faded
Preservation information :
The surface of the sherd is quite damaged.
Description
This white Cross-lined sherd may belong to a Black-topped vessel with decoration.
Decoration
Remains of five parallel oblique lines.
Dimensions (cm)
2.8 x 2.0
Additional information
not preserved
Inside
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.19.2021
Found in a cellar, but from Naqada? A new predynastic hunting scene on a C-ware fragment from the Garstang Museum of Archaeology, Liverpool, in: Claes, Wouter; De Meyer, Marleen; Eyckerman, Merel; Huyge, Derek † (eds), Remove the pyramid! Studies on the archaeology and history of predynastic and pharaonic Egypt in honour of Stan Hendrickx. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 305. Leuven
, 399, note 10.