Egypt:
Period - years
Phase (Kaiser)
Tombs - Other objects - Rulers
Suggested Sequence
Amratian
(c. 3900)
Naqada Iabc, IIa
(Abydos tomb U-239)
(Hierakonpolis Loc. 6, tombs 3, 6)
B-, P-, C- class pottery
Early rhomboidal palettes, undecorated or with incised drawings
Gerzean
(c. 3600)
Naqada IIb
Decorated Pottery (D-class)
(Naqada tomb 1411, T4)
Gebelein painted cloth (IIc?)
From rhomboidal shapes to fusiform, with appendices and animal heads on the edge
Naqada IIc/d1,2
Wavy handled pottery (W-class)
Brooklyn, Carnarvon knife handles (Naqada IIc-IIIa)
(NOTE: Abu Zeidan t.32, which contained the Brooklyn knife-handle, dates early Naqada III)
(Hierakonpolis tomb 100).
(Abydos t. U-q, U-547; knife handle in t. U-503 and fragments from U-127)
Zoomorphous palettes
(fishes, turtles, mammals)
Ostrich palette
Gerzeh palette
Min palette
Late Predynastic
(c. 3300)
Naqada IIIa1,2
(Hierakonpolis Loc. 6, tomb 11)
Scorpion I (Abydos tomb U-j)
Louvre palette
Oxford palette
Hunters palette
D
Y
N
A
S
T
Y
0
Naqada IIIb1
(Seyala tomb 137.1; Qustul tomb L24)
Horizon A
Anonymous Serekhs, Double Falcon,
Ny-Hor, Pe-Hor, Hat-Hor, Hedj-Hor; (Iry-Hor)
(Gebel Sheikh Suleiman graffito)
(Hierakonpolis Loc. 6, tomb 10)
Metropolitan Mus. palette
Battlefield (Vultures) palette
Bull palette
Tehenu palette
Plover palette
Narmer Palette
(end of Narmer's reign c.3000)
Protodynastic
(c. 3150-3000)
Naqada IIIb2/c1
Horizon B
Tarkhan Crocodile, Hk (?) Scorpion II, Abydos: Iry Hor, Ka, Narmer
(Hierakonpolis Loc. 6, tomb 1)
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The Prehistory of Egypt