Barbary sheep and three dogs between two rocky hills on C-Ware elliptica bowl, Gebelein (?), Naqada IA-IIB period
Cylinder seal impression with goat, sheep and temple, Khafajeh, 3350-2900 BC
Fragment of ivory from Tomb of Den, Umm el-Qaab (Abydos), 1st Dynasty period
Note the hand, zigzag line (rocks), and temple façade compared with the cylinder seal above.
Gebelein painted linen, Gebelein, ca. 3600 BC
Tag (P002208), Uruk, ca. 3350-3200 BC
AN |SZU2.EN~a| (cover.lord) DARA4~a1 (red) KU6~a (fish)
According to the Sumerian king list, Etana, "a shepherd, who went up (or down) to An (ð’€) and made firm Kur Kur (𒆳𒆳)," became king.
Sumerian: kur (𒆳) = mountain
The name Gebelein means "two rocky hills" in Arabic
Sumerian: EN = The lord from Gebelein
Rod and ring
Gebelein painted linen, Gebelein
Cylinder seal with "ring-post," Nuzi (?), ca. 3300-2900 BC
Boat and bull
Skull of a bovine, Gebelein, 3900-3300 BC
Gebelein painted linen, Gebelein
Petroglyph of a boat and a bull at HK61A in Hierakonpolis
Cylinder seal impression with a boat and a bull, Uruk, ca. 3300-2900 BC
Gebel el-Arak Knife (front), Gebel el-Arak (?), ca. 3600-3300 BC
Feasting
Together with the lithic evidence for butchery, the faunal assemblage—which contains the larger average size of cattle, young sheep and goat, and the Nile perch (up to 2 metres)— suggests that feasting took place at HK29A (Ceremonial Center) in Hierakonpolis.
