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Gebelein Painted Textile - Torino, Museo Egizio, suppl. 17138.TurSize: m. 2 x 1 ca.;    Naqada IIa-b, 3600BC circa.      (Cf. these paintings with those from Hierakonpolis tomb 100 west wall).
Bibliography:
G. Galassi
, in: Rivista Studi Orientali, n.s. 4, 1955, 5-94; E. Scamuzzi, Museo Egizio di Torino, 1964, pl. I-V; B.B. Williams, T.J. Logan, in: JNES 46, 1987, 245-285; B. Adams, K.M. Cialowicz, Protodynastic Egypt, 1988, 36f.; A.M. Donadoni Roveri, E. Leospo, E. D'Amicone, A. Roccati, S. Donadoni, Il Museo Egizio di Torino, 1996, 158-159;
K.M. Cialowicz, Le plus ancien témoignage de la tradition du Heb-Sed? in: Folia Orientalia, 33, 1997, 39-48 [thanks to Dr. Jana Jones for this latter reference]; V. Cortese
, in: Donadoni Roveri, Tiradritti (eds.), Kemet. Alle Sorgenti del Tempo, 1998, 168-9 (cat. n. 77); K.M. Cialowicz, La naissance du royaume, 2001, 155f.

(by Francesco Raffaele)         See a low-resolution line drawing of the whole textile