C-Ware sherd of bowl, rim C-0769
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C-Ware – sherd of bowl, rim C-0769

By Droux, Xavier

Hierakonpolis

, Cemetery HK6, Square E11, Locus 1728, SE corner.

30.03.2017 : Hierakonpolis Expedition excavation.

Egypt (17-218).

Date : Naqada IA–IIB

General range of C-ware production.

Material : Nile silt (Painted)

Preservation : Sherd

Decoration preservation : Good

Decoration

On the inside, three short wavy horizontal wavy lines are painted at the rim. On either side, they reach a group of vertical wavy lines; there is only evidence for three such lines in each of the two groups. 

On the outside, a group of  four parallel lines undulate vertcially.

Xavier Droux
Xavier Droux

Dimensions (cm)

Fragment dimensions :

4.4 x 3.4

Additional information

Form :

Open

Shape of base:

not preserved

Decoration location :

Inside and outside

Acknowledgements

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

References

Not previously published.

Cite this Page

Droux, X. 2022. C-0769, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/C-0769. retrieved 12 February 2025.