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The ornaments at Tell el-Iswid (Sharqiya) from Lower Egyptian culture to Naqada culture Naqada Culture Lower Egyptian Culture

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In sector 4, the Naqada levels are characterised by a mud-brick dwelling which lies above the last Buto layers. This structure is reused and modified over time. At the end of the occupation, when the dwelling are in ruins, graves are dug, only one (S16) of which contained ornaments. Twenty pieces of ornament were discovered in these levels. Seventeen come from the dwelling, specially from occupation levels (Naqada III(A2)-B). The sample consist of two very worn shell; two annular beads made on red chalcedony and a round bead and two barrel-beads in terracotta; and four pendants of different shapes, colours, and raw materials (two pendants are broken, and one seems to be repaired, a pendant can be considered a bull's head). The six bangles are broken and may have the interior diameter comprised between 2,6 and 7 cm. The finding context and state of preservation suggest that they were abandoned or lost during daily life. Three geometric beads (4,5 and 10) come from grave 16 dated to Naqada IIIC2-D: two annular beads and a barrel bead made on red chalcedony. The position of these beads on the body is unknown as the grave was partially destroyed by burrowing animals and the beads have been found in the sieves used to sift the sediment contained in the tomb. In contrast to the chalcedony beads from the settlement, these seem to be very little worn. The traces of manufacture are still visible, and they are only slightly polished. Shape The unshaped beads are represented by a Nerita shell (1.) and a Caestoderma shell (2.), both perforated on the apex, and two perforated pebbles (11., 12.). Among the geometric beads we have four stone annular beads (3.-6.), one round bead (7.) and three barrel beads (8-10.). There is only one pendant shaped in a flat-round form. A figurative pendant seems to represent a head where perforation figure the eyes, and may be a simplified bull's head. Six fragments of bangles have square or flat section (only three are in the picture 15-17). Colour Only a few colours are used, white/beige being the most common, then red is common, and green is more rarely used. Raw material Half of the ornaments are manufactured in stone, which may have come from anywhere in the Egyptian desert. Only for the grauwacke we know that it could come from Wadi Hammamat. Three bangles are made of bone. The shells come from different places, one comes from the Mediterranean Sea (Nerita) and one from the Red Sea (Cerastoderma). Two-barrel beads are in terracotta.
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hal-03795713 , version 1 (04-10-2022)

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Mathilde Minotti. The ornaments at Tell el-Iswid (Sharqiya) from Lower Egyptian culture to Naqada culture Naqada Culture Lower Egyptian Culture. Origins 7, 7th International Conference "Origin of the State: Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt", Sep 2022, Paris, France. ⟨hal-03795713⟩
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