C-Ware sherd of beaker, base C-0641
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C-Ware – sherd of beaker, base C-0641

By Droux, Xavier

Hierakonpolis

, Settlement HK24, surface find (65 m. at 305° from mon. #4).

03.12.1988 : Hierakonpolis Expedition survey.

Egypt.

Date : Naqada IA–IIB

General range of C-ware production.

Material : Nile silt (Painted)

Preservation : Sherd

Decoration preservation : Good

Description

The interior surface is not polished nor slipped.

Decoration

Remains of an upturned triangle and of a rectangular area or compartment (?), both filled with irruglar crosshatching in rather thick lines.

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

Additional information

Form :

Closed

Shape of base:

not preserved

Decoration location :

Outside

Comments

Found on "3/12/88, 65 metres at 305° grid from non. #4.

Acknowledgements

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

References

Not previously published.

Cite this Page

Droux, X. 2022. C-0641, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/C-0641. retrieved 12 February 2025.