C-Ware – sherds of bowl, rim and body C-0575
By Droux, Xavier
, Cemetery HK6, vicinity of Tomb 11.
1982 : Hierakonpolis Expedition excavation.Egypt (finds nos 211 and 148; HK6-0340).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production.
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Sherds
Decoration preservation : Mostly faded
Preservation information :
Two non-mending sherds. The current state of both sherds gives the impression that the lower part of the interior surface was not slipped, but this is likely do to their preservation in the ground.
Decoration
The remains of what was likely a downturned triangle filled with parallel vertical lines hangs from the rim on one sherd. More clearly visible are horizontal and oblique bands filled with small polka dots in single or double rows. In the upper part of the second sherd are ghost traces of three horizontal lines on the left and other lines on the right, possibly chevrons.
Dimensions (cm)
7.5 x 7.9; 6.7 x 4.2
Additional information
Open
not preserved
Inside
Acknowledgements
We thank Renée Friedman for facilitating the study of this artefact.
References
2000
Excavations in the Locality 6 cemetery at Hierakonpolis 1979-1985. Egyptian Studies Association Publication 4 & BAR, International Series 903. Oxford
, 116–17, 308, fig. 22, cat. 230.