Two Scenes on the wall painting from Tomb 100 at Hierakonpolis

The executioner	The attacker

Three captives

A retreating figure and one dog on each side

Wall painting from Tomb 100 at Hierakonpolis, ca. 3500-3200 BC

Gebel el-Arak Knife (front), Gebel el-Arak (?), ca. 3600-3300 BC

Wall painting from Tomb 100 at Hierakonpolis

Only the dog on the right has the "strap" at the back of its neck	The figure between two dogs
(body facing forward)	(retreating figure)

Two horned animal looking back	Hartebeest looking back
Gebel el-Arak Knife (back), Gebel el-Arak (?)	Wall painting from Tomb 100 at Hierakonpolis

HK6 (the elite cemetery) Tomb 46 contained the disturbed remains of a human male as well as a concentration of bone from a gravid hartebeest. When an animal is restrained by a rope tied round one or more legs, long friction and excessive pressure on a leg can result in an inflammation of the bone where the rope sits. The effect of this is seen on a foot of the hartebeest in Tomb 46.

At HK29A (Ceremonial Center) there are a number of species not found in food refuse anywhere else: striped hyena, fennec, hartebeest, and dama gazelle (much larger than the common dorcas gazelle).

Gebelein painted linen, Gebelein, Gebelein, ca. 3600 BC

Wall painting from Tomb 100 at Hierakonpolis

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April 4, 2025   Takahiko Nakagawa