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Xerox University Microfilms 300 North Zeeb Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 46106 74-10,908 ARNETT, William Samuel, 1944- THE PREDYNASTIC ORIGIN OF EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHS: EVIDENCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RUDIMENTARY FORMS OF HIEROGLYPHS IN UPPER EGYPT IN THE FOURTH MILLENNIUM B.C. The Ohio State University, Ph.D., 1973 History, archaeology University Microfilms, A XEROX Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan 0 1974 WILLIAM SAMUEL ARNETT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED THIS DISSERTATION HAS BEEN MICROFILMED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED. The Predynastic Origin Of Egyptian Hieroglyphst Evidence For The Development Of Rudimentary Forms Of Hieroglyphs In Upper Egypt In The Fourth Millennium B.C. DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By William Samuel Arnett, B.A., M.A. The Ohio State University 1973 Reading Committee: Approved By W illiam F. McDonald Philip P. Poirier Robert L. Chazan A dviser Department of History ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1 wish to thank P ro fesso rs William F. McDonald and James C. hubright who guided ray studies and research at Ohio State University. I especially wish to thank Professor McDonald who unselfishly continued to counsel and guide me after his retirement in I 9 6 8. The w illin g n e ss and ability of ray wife (who typed this paper) to endure numerous hardships and to bolster my morale were the major factors enabling me to complete this paper. 11 VITA August 22, 1 9 4 4........................ .... Born - Morgantown, West Virginia 1966 .... .................................. B.A., West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 1966- 1 9 6 9. ......... National Defense Fellow, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 1 9 6 8............................................... M.A., The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 1 9 6 9- 1 9 7 0. ......... Teaching Associate, Department of H isto ry , The Ohio S ta te University, Columbus, Ohio 1 9 7 0 -1 9 7 1........................ .... Instructor, Department of History, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 1971- 1 9 7 3* . ........................ Instructor, Department of H isto ry , West V irg in ia Univer­ sity, Morgantown, West Virginia FIELDS OF STUDY Major Field I Egyptology Studies in Ancient Near Eastern History and Archaeology; Roman and Greek Studies. Professors William F. McDonald, Zwi Ankori, and James C. Rubright. i i i TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.................................................................................................i i VITA ............................................................................................................................i i i LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.......................................................................................... v C hapter I. Introduction ........................ 1 II. Decorated Pottery And Pot-marks: The Rudimentary Beginning Of Hieroglyphs ........................ 7 III. Miscellaneous Predynastic Artifacts Which Bear Resemblances To Later Hieroglyphs .................... 4 l IV. The Carved P a le tte s And Maceheads Of Late Predynastic Egypt: The Beginnings Of Monumental Inscriptions In Egypt .................................. 55 V. Conclusion ........................................... 84 BIBLIOGRAPHY ..................................................................................................... 98 IV LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS* Plate I. Egypt's Frontiers And Predynastic Sites. Arnett. Plate II. a. Tasian potsherd, Brunton, Mostaeedda. P la te XXXV, 18, b. Hieroglyphs for "tree." Gardiner, Egyptian Grammar, p. 478, Bâl and Budge, The R o setta S tone. p. 21^ c. "libation"-hieroglyph. Gardiner, p. 442, A6 . d. Hieroglyphs for "fan." Ibid.. p. $08, S35 and S 3 6. e. "libation"-hieroglyph. Ibid.. p. 4 5 8 , D6 0. f . Hieroglyph for "vomit." Ibid., p. 453, 026; Budge, The R o setta S tone, p. 5 6 . Plate III. a. Gersean motif, Raphael, Prehistoric Pottery, XXIX, 4. b. Gerzean motif. Simoons, "Some Questions on the Economic Prehistory of Ethiopia,” Journal of African History, p. 121. Plate IV. a and b. Gerzean motif. Ibid.. p. 121. c. Petrie and Quibell, Naoada and Balias. XXXIV, 37. d and e. "libation" (hiero.). Gardiner, p. 529, WI5 and WI6 . f. Hieroglyphic term "in the interior of.” I b id .. p. 5 3 1 . W24, g. Hieroglyphs I "well." Ibid.. p. 492, N4l and N42. Plate V. a. Predynastic "well" motifs. 1. Prom c la y s e a lin g of Ka. P e trie , Tarkhan I , XXX, 1. *Credits are given in an abbreviated form. Complete c ita tio n s may be found in the B ibliography. Where works are cited frequently in the text (such as Alan Gardiner, Egyptian Grammar) only the author's last name (without the book title) is given. The form at is 1 name of a u th o r; te x t; P la te number (and/or page number); figure number. In the case of more than one author all names are cited the first time. Thereafter only the first name (as it appears in the Bibliography) is cited. Lengthy titles are shortened so that only key words are cited. Hence, Naoada And Balias becomes Naoada. 2. Painted pottery-mark ("well"). Petrie, AbvdoB I . I l l , 3 1 . 3 . Painted pottery-mark ("well”). Ibid.. 28. 4. Tarkhan pot-mark ("well"). Petrie, Tarkhan I . XXI, 86. b, Predynastic Tapered Vases. 1 and 2. Petrie, Tarkhan II. XXX, 74b and Big. 3 . Raphael, Prehistoric Pottery XI, I 5 , c. Predynastic Squat-shaped vases. Petrie and Mace, Diospolis Parva. II, III, and IX. Plate VI. a. Predynastic motifs related to the hieroglyph sp t . 1, 2, and 3 , Petrie, Tarkhan I . XXXI, 120, 121, and I 3I. 4, Petrie, Tarkhan II. XXI, 78. 5 . and 6. Petrie, Naoada. LXVI, 9. 7 . Petrie, Tarkhan I . XXX, 2. 8. Petrie, Abvdos I. b. Hieroglyph spït. Gardiner, p. 488, N24. c. Hieroglyph niwt. Ibid.. p. 4 9 8, o49, d. nesu-bit title. Ibid,. p. 73* e. Hieroglyphs with geometric figures. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 , and 6. Gardiner, p. 487, NI6 , N17, NI 81 p. 488, N20, N21» p. 485, Nl and N5 respectively. Plate VII. Hieroglyphs with geometric shapes. a, b, c, d and e. Ibid., p. 488, N23, N2 5 ; p. 489, N26; p. 497 , K47i p 7 T 9 8 , N48; and p. 489, N27 respectively, Plate VIII. Predynastic Vase Motifs. 1, R aphael, P re h is to ric P o tte ry . XIV, I 5 , 2, I b id . XXIV, 5 . 3, 4, 5 and 6. Ibid.. XV, 1, 2, 8, and 9. Plate IX. Predynastic Bowl and Platter Designs, 1 , 2, and 3. Ibid., XV. 3. 6 . and 7. 4. Ibid., XX, 8 . P la te X. 1 . Ibid., XX, 6 . 2 . Raphael. Prehistoric Potterv. XXIV. 10. 3. Ibid., Plate XVII, 4. 4. I b id ., P la te XXXII, 5 . 5. Petrie. Naoada. LXVII, 12. 6 . Gardiner, p. 502, R12. Plate XI. a. Predynastic "standards"—i)t—from pot-mark. 1. 2. 3 and 4. Petrie. Naoada. LIV. 290, 2 9 1, 292 and 2 8 8 . VI b. Predynastic "p's." 1. Petrie, Tarkhan I. XXX, 2?. 2. Petrie, Diospolis Parva. XXII, I? 6 . 3 . Petrie, Tarkhan II. XX, 11. 4. Petrie, Tarkhan I, XXXI, I 3 6. 5. 6 and ?• Petrie, Naoada. LIV, 223, 228, and 2 1 5 . 8 . Petrie, Abydos I. I 1. c. The h iero g ly p h "p". G ardiner, p. 5 OO, Q3. d. The hieroglyphic "p" as found on the pottery of Ka-Ap 1. Petrie, Abvdos I. I, 6 . 2 and 3« Ibid.. II, I 9 and 16. 4 I b id . I , 3 . e. The t i t u l a r y of Ka-Ap. I b id . I , 1. Plate XII, a. Gerzean potsherd with five-point star. Quibell, Hierakonpolis I . XVIII, 21. b. Five-point stars from Diospolis Parva pot- marks . 1. Petrie, Diospolis Parva. XXIII, 273. 2. Ibid.. XXIII, 206. 3 . Ibid., XXII, 1 2 7. c. Star pot-marks from Naqada. 1. Petrie, Naoada. LIV, 221. 2. I b id . LIV, 222. 3. Ibid.. LIV, 2 3 4 . d. Stars on Gerzean pots. 1. Raphael, XXVII, 5 . 2. I b id .. XXVII, 7. e. Hieroglyphic "stars." 1. Gardiner, p.