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C-Ware – Sherd of bowl, rim C-0869
By Droux, Xavier
, Settlement HK39.
Hierakonpolis Expedition excavation.Egypt (82/HK39/3).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production.
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Sherd
Decoration preservation : Partially faded
Preservation information :
The rim is particularly damaged; the sherd may have been used for digging.
Description
The exterior surface is not polished but is slipped.
Decoration
Remains of at least 8 parallel oblique lines, that probably formed a downturned triangle below the rim.
© Xavier Droux, courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition.
© Xavier Droux, courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition.
Dimensions (cm)
Fragment dimensions :
7.2 x 7.5
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.