C-Ware – sherd, type uncertain, rim C-0624
By Droux, Xavier
, Cemetery HK6, Area 1, context 31, vicinity of Tomb 48?.
21.11.1999 : Hierakonpolis Expedition excavation.Egypt (find 227).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production.
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Sherd
Decoration preservation : Good
Decoration
The paint is quite thick. On the outside are the remains of three vertical wavy lines and small parts of two additional ones. On the inside, the lip is decorated with a horizontal series of polka dots; below is a horizontal line and a number of polka dots below it.
Dimensions (cm)
4.3 x 3.1
Additional information
Open
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, top left).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.