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C-Ware – sherd of closed vessel, type uncertain, body C-0618
By Droux, Xavier
, Cemetery HK6, Square G13, locus 11-208, vicinity of Tomb 48.
2011 : Hierakonpolis Expedition excavation.Egypt (11-340).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production.
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Sherd
Decoration preservation : Faded
Description
The interior surface is not polished nor slipped.
Decoration
Possible remains of three or four vertical parallel lines. These lines may however be the result of burnishing rather than the ghost impressions from a painted decoration.
© James Rossiter, courtesy of the Hierkaponlis Expedition.
© James Rossiter, courtesy of the Hierkaponlis Expedition.
Dimensions (cm)
Fragment dimensions :
1.8 x 3.7
Additional information
Form :
Closed
Shape of base:
not preserved
Decoration location :
Outside
Acknowledgements
We thank Renée Friedman for facilitating the study of this artefact.
References
Not previously published.
