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C-Ware – sherd of bowl, rim C-0876
By Droux, Xavier
, Settlement HK59 (kiln), surface find.
1982 : Hierakonpolis Expedition excavation.Egypt (Find 434).
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Sherd
Decoration preservation : Partially faded
Decoration
On the inside, remains of at least 10 oblique lines that may have belonged to a downturned triangle filled with chevrons; there is one, potentially two concentric lines painted at the rim. On the exterior, remains of three parallel horizontal lines painted just below the rim.
© Xavier Droux, courtesy of the Hierakonpolis Expedition.
Dimensions (cm)
Fragment dimensions :
4.3 x 3
Additional information
Form :
Open
Shape of base:
not preserved
Decoration location :
Inside and outside
Acknowledgements
We thank Renée Friedman for facilitating the study of this artefact.
References
Not previously published.
