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C-Ware – sherd of bowl, base C-0856
By Droux, Xavier
, Settlement HK25, E-I-1.
2005 : Hierakonpolis Expedition excavation.Egypt (05-302).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted; incised)
Preservation : Sherd
Decoration preservation : Mostly faded
Preservation information :
The surface of the base is heavily eroded.
Description
The paint applied on all the sherds presumed to have belonged to the same vessel is distinctively pinkish-creamy in hue. It is possible that the bottom of the bowl was not slipped.
Decoration
Only the remains of three concentric lines along bottom of the vessel's interior wall can be clearly seen; there are faint traces of further designs above.
On the outside, a vertical zigzag was incised either when the vessel was complete or before the base broke to its current state.
© Renée Friedman, courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition.
© Renée Friedman, courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition.
© Xavier Droux, courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition.
Dimensions (cm)
Other dimensions :
Base diameter: 8
Fragment dimensions :
7.1 x 5.3
Additional information
Shape of base:
flat base
Decoration location :
Inside
Acknowledgements
We thank Renée Friedman for facilitating the study of this artefact.
References
Not previously published.
