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C-Ware – Sherd of beaker, body C-0862
By Droux, Xavier
, Settlement HK25, E-III-1.
2005 : Hierakonpolis Expedition excavation.Egypt (05-170; #65).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Sherd
Decoration preservation : Partially faded
Description
The interior surface is not polished nor slipped, and black; one extremity of the sherd is darker than the rest. The sherd may come from a white-decorated Black-topped beaker.
Decoration
Remains of a zigzag band filled with parallel strokes that are perpendicular to the zigzag segment.
© Renée Friedman, courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition.
© Renée Friedman, courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition.
Dimensions (cm)
Fragment dimensions :
4.6 x 7.6
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.
