C-Ware – sherd, type uncertain, rim C-0612
By Droux, Xavier
, Cemetery HK6, vicinity of Tomb 48.
19.02.2009 : Hierakonpolis Expedition excavation (sherd with small commas). 2011 : Hierakonpolis Expedition excavation (sherd with horizontal wavy lines).Egypt (09-1605; 11-361).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production.
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Sherds
Decoration preservation : Good
Preservation information :
Two mended sherds.
Decoration
On the outside are the remains of eleven vertical wavy lines, with a final vertical straight line on the right.
On the inside are the remains of three parallel horizontal rows of small commas placed vertcially. To the right, a motif that tapers toward the rim if filled with parallel horizontal wavy lines.
Dimensions (cm)
6.2 x 2.3
Additional information
Open
not preserved
Inside and outside
Acknowledgements
We thank Renée Friedman for facilitating the study of this artefact.
References
2017
The elite predynastic cemetery at Hierakonpolis HK6: 2011–2015 progress report, in: Midant-Reynes, Beatrix; Tristan, Yann (eds); Ryan E.M. (ass), Egypt at its origins 5: proceedings of the Fifth International Conference "Origin of the State. Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt", Cairo, 13th–18th April 2014. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 260. Leuven
, fig. 4a.