C-Ware Sherd of beaker, below rim C-0861
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C-Ware – Sherd of beaker, below rim C-0861

By Droux, Xavier

Hierakonpolis

, Settlement HK25, E-II-2.

2005 : Hierakonpolis Expedition excavation.

Egypt (05-272).

Date : Naqada IA–IIB

General range of C-ware production

Material : Nile silt (Painted)

Preservation : Sherd

Decoration preservation : Mostly faded

Description

Only the upper part of the inside of the rim was slipped and polished.

Decoration

Remains of three parallel, oblique lines on the right side of the sherd; on the left, a vertical line line connects with a horizontal stroke painted to its left.

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

Dimensions (cm)

Fragment dimensions :

4.2 x 4.9

Additional information

Form :

Closed

Shape of base:

not preserved

Decoration location :

Outside

Acknowledgements

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

References

Not previously published.

Cite this Page

Droux, X. 2022. C-0861, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/C-0861. retrieved 21 September 2024.