C-Ware sherd of bowl, body C-0635
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C-Ware – sherd of bowl, body C-0635

By Droux, Xavier

Hierakonpolis

, Settlement HK11C, Operation C, lower level.

2016 : Hierakonpolis Expedition excavation.

Egypt.

Date : Naqada IA–IIB

General range of C-ware production.

Material : Nile silt (Painted)

Preservation : Sherd

Decoration preservation : Good

Decoration

Remains of a triangle filled with chevrons and central vertical line. It is not possible to determine if the triangle was upturned or downturned. These lines may also belong to a possible plant motif.

© Renée Friedman, courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition.
© Renée Friedman, courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition.

Dimensions (cm)

Fragment dimensions :

6.2 x 3.5

Additional information

Form :

Open

Shape of base:

not preserved

Decoration location :

Outside

Acknowledgements

We thank Renée Friedman for facilitating the study of this artefact and Masahiro Baba for permission to include it here.

References

Not previously published.

Cite this Page

Droux, X. 2022. C-0635, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/C-0635. retrieved 21 September 2024.