C-Ware – squat beaker C-0236

A series of groups of three short oblique strokes runs around the rim of the vessel, both on the interior and exterior surfaces. 

On the outside, below, two long vertical plants, probably the common reeds, divide the surface into two halves. On one side, four hippopotamuses facing left are depicted. Their ears and eyes are represented by small protuberances and their bodies are filled with chevrons. On the other side, two series of three crocodiles are represented horizontally, above each other. The three to the right face right, and those to the left face left, except the crocodile at the bottom, which is represented head to tail. All the crocodiles are seen in top view with flexed legs, with realistically-shaped heads with the eyes shown, and dots on their sides and tails indicating the scales of the hide. Their bodies are cross-hatched.

Another plant is depicted behind the group of hippopotamuses: it consists of a long, vertical stem with short, straight leaves on either sides.