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C-Ware – sherd of closed vessel, type uncertain, body C-0577
By Droux, Xavier
, Cemetery HK20A, surface find.
1992 : Hierakonpolis Expedition.Egypt.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production.
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Sherd
Decoration preservation : Good
Description
The interior surface is not polished nor slipped.
Decoration
The head of a Barbary sheep that faces right is partly preserved, with its left ear and characteristic crescent-shaped horn are visible. The base of the second horn and the beginning of the second ear are also just preserved. The remains of a vertical line can be seen along the break at the right end of the sherd.
© Xavier Droux, courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition.
© Xavier Droux, courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition.
Dimensions (cm)
Fragment dimensions :
5.3 x 4.4
Additional information
Form :
Closed
Shape of base:
not preserved
Decoration location :
Outside
Acknowledgements
We thank Renée Friedman for facilitating the study of this artefact.
