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C-Ware – sherd of bowl, rim C-0857
By Droux, Xavier
, Settlement HK29, surface 1.
Hierakonpolis expedition excavation.Egypt.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production.
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Sherd
Decoration preservation : Very good
Description
The outside surface is not slipped but is polished.
Decoration
The everted rim is crosshatched; below are the upper parts of three plant stems that curved toward the right at the top, each with short leaves painted on either side of the stem; scant remains of a fourth plant to the right.
© Renée Friedman, courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition.
© Renée Friedman, courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition.
Dimensions (cm)
Fragment dimensions :
5.2 x 3.2
Additional information
Form :
Open
Shape of base:
not preserved
Decoration location :
Inside
Acknowledgements
We thank Renée Friedman for facilitating the study of this artefact.
References
Not previously published.