DOI issue:
Egypt
DOI article:Chłodnicki, Marek; Ciałowicz, Krzysztof M.: Tell el-Farkha (Ghazala): season 2004
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42090#0138
TELL EL-LARKHA
EGYPT
period. Valuable dating evidence was
provided not only by pottery, but also
by seals with hieroglyphic impressions.
Among the more interesting finds was
a ceramic disc fragment, around 80 cm in
diameter, probably similar to the one found
in 2002 but with the decorated part
damaged. Other noteworthy items included
rectangular slate palettes and a partially
preserved owl figurine. One of the metal-
work finds, consisting of a copper wire,
rectangular in cross-section, slightly bent
and shaped to form a loop at one end, could
be part of a crown of Lower Egypt {Fig. 4).
The end opposite to the loop would
originally have been fixed to the crown.
NAQADIAN DEPOSITS
Work also resumed on the excavation of
Naqadian deposits (phase 4 at Tell el-
Fig. 3 Central kom. Male figurine of clay
(Photo R. Slabonski)
Fig. 4- Central Kom. Copper fragment of a crotvn of Lower Egypt (?)
{Photo R. Slabonski)
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EGYPT
period. Valuable dating evidence was
provided not only by pottery, but also
by seals with hieroglyphic impressions.
Among the more interesting finds was
a ceramic disc fragment, around 80 cm in
diameter, probably similar to the one found
in 2002 but with the decorated part
damaged. Other noteworthy items included
rectangular slate palettes and a partially
preserved owl figurine. One of the metal-
work finds, consisting of a copper wire,
rectangular in cross-section, slightly bent
and shaped to form a loop at one end, could
be part of a crown of Lower Egypt {Fig. 4).
The end opposite to the loop would
originally have been fixed to the crown.
NAQADIAN DEPOSITS
Work also resumed on the excavation of
Naqadian deposits (phase 4 at Tell el-
Fig. 3 Central kom. Male figurine of clay
(Photo R. Slabonski)
Fig. 4- Central Kom. Copper fragment of a crotvn of Lower Egypt (?)
{Photo R. Slabonski)
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