Sefar

Japanese: Sefar
Sefar

…Women are depicted in profile, often with exaggerated navels and small, cone-shaped breasts lined up in one place. Towards the end of the period, gigantic figures appeared, painted flat in white within red outlines; in Sefar there is an example eight metres high. Some of these figures are in poses with their hands stretched upwards or joined together as if in prayer, which is thought to have some religious significance. …

From Tassili n'Ajjer

…The area is now a completely dry, rugged mountain range, and contains tens of thousands of prehistoric rock paintings. The main sites are Sefar, Tan Zoumaïtak, Tin Abotéka, Tamrit, Oued Djérat, Jabbaren, and In Aouanrhat. The first discovery was made in 1909 by French Captain C. Cortier at Oued Asouf Mellen, followed by French Lieutenant M. Brenans in 1933 and H. Lhote in 1956.

From Rohto

…He specialized in North Africa, especially the Sahara Desert region, and since 1929 has explored a total of 100,000 km, discovering many ruins in Tassili n'Ajjer, Hoggar, Adrar Dejiforas, and other areas. His discovery of a huge number of rock paintings in Sefar, Tassili n'Ajjer, is particularly noteworthy. His main work is The Discovery of the Tassili Rock Paintings (1958). …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Sefar" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…女性は横向きで,しばしば臍が誇張して表され,小さな円錐形の乳房が1ヵ所に並べて描かれる。末期に,巨大な人物像が現れ,赤い輪郭線の内側に白色を平塗りしたもので,セファールSefarには高さ8mの作例がある。これらの人物のなかに両手を上に伸ばしたり,両手を合わせて祈るようなポーズの人がおり,なんらかの宗教的意味がこめられていると思われる。…

【タッシリ・ナジェール】より

…現在は完全に乾ききった険しい山塊で,数万点の先史時代の岩面画が遺存する。おもな遺跡はセファールSefar,タン・ズマイタクTan Zoumaïtak,ティン・アボテカTin Abotéka,タムリットTamrit,ウエッド・ジェラートOued Djérat,ジャバレンJabbaren,イン・アウアンラートIn Aouanrhatなどである。1909年にフランスのコルティエC.Cortier大尉によってウエッド・アズフ・メレンOued Asouf Mellenで最初の発見がなされ,その後33年にフランスのブルナンM.Brenans中尉が,56年にロートH.Lhoteが重要な発見をおこなった。…

【ロート】より

…北アフリカ,とくにサハラ砂漠地域を専門とし,1929年以降延べ10万kmを踏査し,タッシリ・ナジェール,ホガールHoggar,アドラール・デジフォラスなどで多くの遺跡を発見した。とくにタッシリ・ナジェールのセファールSefarにおける膨大な岩面画の発見が注目される。主著《タッシリ岩面画の発見》(1958)。…

※「Sefar」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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