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C-Ware – sherd of bowl, base C-0145
By Droux, Xavier
, Settlement HK29, burnt house, surface find.
1978–1979 : Hierakonpolis Expedition excavation.Egypt.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Sherd
Decoration preservation : Good
Description
The bottom of the interior is not slipped nor polished, and neither is the exterior surface.
Decoration
The remains of a concentric line are painted near the bottom, on the polished red-slipped surface; the tip of a downturned, crosshatched triangle is connected to it. There is a small part of another horizontal line on the left extremity of the sherd, just above the other one.
© James Rossiter, courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition.
© James Rossiter, courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition.
Dimensions (cm)
Other dimensions :
Base diameter: 7.0
Fragment dimensions :
5.0 x 9.5
Additional information
Form :
Open
Shape of base:
flat base
Decoration location :
Inside
Acknowledgements
We thank Dr Renée Friedman for facilitating the study of this artefact.
