C-Ware – sherd of beaker, body C-0613
By Droux, Xavier
, Cemetery HK6, vicinity of Tomb 48.
2011 : Hierakonpolis Expedition excavation.Egypt (11-388).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Sherd
Decoration preservation : Very good
Description
The interior surface is not slipped nor polished.
Decoration
Remains of figural decoration, too small to identify with certainty. Parts of two crosshatched areas are preserved; one has a continuous series of ticks along its edge, and may possibly be part of the neck or back of an animal (?).
Dimensions (cm)
5.0 x 4.2
Additional information
Closed
not preserved
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.