Amla Culture - Amla Culture

Japanese: アムラ文化 - アムラぶんか

Predynastic Egyptian culture (the period when both Chalcolithic and Achaetolithic cultures were used). It was found in the upper reaches of the Nile, at al-Amra and Naqada, and was distributed from Asyut in Middle Egypt in the north to Aswan in the south. It developed from the Badari culture in the 4th millennium BC, and is also called the Naqada I culture, and transitioned into the Gerze culture that followed. It is characterized by white cross-line pattern pottery, which is red pottery with patterns painted with white pigment, and fish-tail and diamond-shaped knives made of flint. Slate palettes (decorative panels) and ivory combs with designs of animals and birds were produced.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

エジプト先王朝時代の文化(金石併用期)。ナイル川上流のアムラal‐Amra，ナカーダ等を中心に，北は中部エジプトのアシュート付近から，南はアスワン付近まで分布する。前4千年紀に，バダーリ文化から発展したもので，ナカーダI文化とも呼ばれ，次のゲルゼ文化へと移行していく。赤色土器に白色顔料で文様を描いた白色交線文土器やフリント製の魚尾形および菱形のナイフを特徴とする。動物や鳥の意匠を持つ，スレート製のパレット(化粧板)や象牙製の櫛が製作された。

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