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A retreating figure and one dog on each side
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Three captives
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A warrior raising his weapon
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 | A warrior between two dogs |
| (body facing forward) | (retreating figure) |
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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 (the elite cemetery) Tomb 46 at Hierakonpolis contained the disturbed remains of a human male as well as a concentration of hartebeest bone. 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.
The antediluvian section is not an original part of the Sumerian king list but was added later.
The Sumerian king list was created from the ancient Egyptian artifacts. The list of antediluvian kings seems to be created from the Libyan Palette.
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| Libyan Palette (back), Abydos, ca. 3200-3000 BC |
According to the Sumerian king list, dDumu-zid "shepherd" is listed as the fifth king before the flood.
The fifth animal on the Libyan Palette (from right to left, top to bottom) is a lion.
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| Gebel el-Arak Knife (back), Gebel el-Arak (?) |
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| Gebelein painted linen, Gebelein, Gebelein, ca. 3600 BC |
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Wall painting from Tomb 100 at Hierakonpolis
On the wall painting from Tomb 100 at Hierakonpolis, the black figure is switched with the red figure in the decorated small boat on the Gebelein painted linen.
References:
https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/quibell1902bd2/0100/image,infoApril 4, 2025 Takahiko Nakagawa