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Metal in the
Naqada Period
(Baumgartel 1960: 2-23)
Copper
Most metal objects surviving from this period are made from copper; all are
small in scale
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Only from the end of the Naqada Period (Naqada III) are there more complex and larger objects.
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Gold objects
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Iron objects
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objects of silver (generally with a significant proportion of gold) are quite common
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tombs with silver objects:
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Naqada tomb 1770 (thin silver ring); Naqada tomb 1257 (jar cap of silver) Naqada tomb 1547 (silver bead UC 4999) |
compare:
copper vessels in the Naqada Period
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