C-Ware – sherd, type uncertain, body C-0620
By Droux, Xavier
, Cemetery HK6, Square G13, locus 11-208, vicinity of Tomb 48.
2011 : Hierakonpolis Expedition excavation.Egypt (11-372).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production.
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Sherd
Decoration preservation : Very good
Decoration
On the inside are the remains of at least three lines, one of which (and likely two) is crescent-shaped and suggests a plant design.
On the outside are the remains of five parallel vertical wavy lines, with a tiny trace indicating the presence of a sixth one.
Dimensions (cm)
2.4 x 3.4
Additional information
not preserved
Inside and outside
Acknowledgements
We thank Renée Friedman for facilitating the study of this artefact.
References
2016
Putting the Hierakonpolis C-ware on the Map. Nekhen News 28
, 16 (fig. HK6, 3rd row, right, bottom).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.