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C-Ware – sherd of beaker, rim C-0147
By Droux, Xavier
, Cemetery HK6, square C7, locus 876; vicinity of Structure 08-4.
2008 : Hierakonpolis Expedition excavation.Egypt (08-808).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production.
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Sherd
Decoration preservation : Partially faded
Preservation information :
12% or rim preserved.
Description
Only a narrow band of the interior surface was coated with red heamatite slip and polished.
Decoration
On the outside are the remains of two downturnted triangles filled with horizontal hatching.
The inside of the lip is decorated with three continuous rows of dots on the red-polished band.
© James Rossiter, courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition.
© James Rossiter, courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition.
Dimensions (cm)
Maximum diameter :
21
Rim diameter :
21
Fragment dimensions :
7.7 x 6.5
Additional information
Form :
Open
Opening index :
Oi 100
Shape of base:
not preserved
Decoration location :
Outside and inside lip
Acknowledgements
We thank Dr Renée Friedman for facilitating the study of this artefact.
