C-Ware sherd of beaker, rim C-0621
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C-Ware – sherd of beaker, rim C-0621

By Droux, Xavier

Hierakonpolis

, Cemetery HK6, Square G13, locus 11-208, vicinity of Tomb 48.

2011 : Hierakonpolis Expedition excavation.

Egypt (11-351).

Date : Naqada IA–IIB

General range of C-ware production.

Material : Nile silt (Painted)

Preservation : Sherd

Decoration preservation : Good

Decoration

Remains of three parallel horizontal wavy lines, and a tiny trace indicating the presence of a fourth one.

© James Rossiter, courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition.
© James Rossiter, courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition.

Dimensions (cm)

Fragment dimensions :

2.2 x 3.6

Additional information

Shape of base:

not preserved

Decoration location :

Outside

Acknowledgements

We thank Renée Friedman for facilitating the study of this artefact.

References

Not previously published.

Cite this Page

Droux, X. 2022. C-0621, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/C-0621. retrieved 12 February 2025.