World Archives of Rock Art - W02018.bmp

AreaCode: C IV
Country: Egypt
Locality: Oasis of Dãkhla, Upper Egypt
Chronology: Sedentary Animal Breeders / Neolithic Syntax
Bibliography: WINKLER, H. 1939, vol, II, pl. XXXIX; ANATI, E. 1995, p. 151
Copyright: Drawn from a photograph by WINKLER, H. 1939
Updated: 01/02/2000
FileName: W02018.bmp
 
Description:Keywords
Elaborate dresses of oasis dwellers. Two elegantly dressed women are being attended by two others who have less detailed clothing. On both side of the scene the same ideogram is repeated; it represents schematically two human beings near to each other and is likely to mean 'union'. To the right there is a human figure with a bovine made by a different hand, from an earlier period. Animal
Body decoration
Bovine
clothes
Engraving
Grid pattern
Groups of Lines
Hairstyle
Head-dress
Line (s)
Sitting

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