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| The executioner | The attacker |
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Three captives
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A retreating figure and one dog on each side
Wall painting from Tomb 100 at Hierakonpolis, ca. 3500-3200 BC
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| Gebel el-Arak Knife (front), Gebel el-Arak (?), ca. 3600-3300 BC |
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Wall painting from Tomb 100 at Hierakonpolis
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| 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) |
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| Fringed textile found in the pelvic region of the human male buried in HK6 Tomb 52 |
The large 20–25-year-old male was buried in HK6 Tomb 52. Pads of resin-soaked linen up to 3cm thick were also recovered from the tomb fill.
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HK6 Tomb 50 contained the remains of a large male leopard.
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| Two horned animal looking back | Hartebeest looking back |
Gebel el-Arak Knife (back), Gebel el-Arak (?) |
Wall painting from Tomb 100 at Hierakonpolis |
HK6 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).
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| Gebelein painted linen, Gebelein, Gebelein, ca. 3600 BC | Wall painting from Tomb 100 at Hierakonpolis |
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| C-Ware, Mahasna, Naqada IA-IIB period | Wall painting from Tomb 100 at Hierakonpolis |
References:
https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/quibell1902bd2/0100/image,info
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010007467
https://www.academia.edu/38601584/Friedman_R_F_Van_Neer_W_De_Cupere_B_and_Droux_X_2017_The_elite_predynastic_cemetery_at_Hierakonpolis_HK6_2011_2015_Progress_report_with_Appendix_on_Demographic_Survey_by_Pieri_A_Dougherty_S_and_Antoine_D
https://collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/material/S_17138
https://ponda.org/object/C-0171
April 4, 2025 Takahiko Nakagawa