Amratianadj.n.

Brit.

/amˈreɪʃn/, U.S.

/æmˈreɪʃən/

Forms:

α. 1900s– Amratian.

β. 1900s– Amratean.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name El-Amra , -ian suffix.

Etymology: < Amra (in El-Amra (Arabic al-ʿAmra), the name of an archaeological site in Upper Egypt, situated between the cities of Asyut and Aswan, where a predynastic cemetery was excavated in 1900–1) + -ian suffix, with insertion of -t- (for euphony).With the β. forms compare -ean suffix.

Archaeology.

A. adj.

Designating the earliest of three phases into which the Naqada period of predynastic culture in Egypt was divided by Egyptologist W. F. M. Petrie; of or relating to this period.Petrie's divisions, Amratian, Gerzean, Semainean, approximately correspond to what is now usually known as Naqada I, Naqada II, and Naqada III (see Naqada n. 2).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [adjective] > specific pre-dynastic culture

Badarian1924

Amratian1925

Gerzean1925

Semainean1925

1925 Catal. Antiq. at Badari (Brit. Sch. Archaeol. in Egypt) 3 Approximate Dates. 13,000 B.C.... Badarian Age, 10,000 B.C.... Amratian Age, 9,000 B.C.... Gerzean Age.

1979 M. A. Hoffman Egypt Before Pharaohs vii. 121 Today we believe the Amratian period began around the turn of the fifth millennium B.C., and lasted approximately 500 years.

2013 D. Klemm & R. Klemm Gold & Gold Mining in Anc. Egypt & Nubia i. 3/2 Winkler (1938) ascribes this Predynastic group to the so-called ‘Earliest Hunters’ of the Amratian culture.

B. n.

The Amratian phase of the Naqada period of predynastic culture in Egypt (see sense A.).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [noun] > cultures of specific peoples or nations

Indianism1672

Gaeldom1860

zadruga1887

Nazca1917

Amratian1928

Ibero-Maurusian1934

Oranian1934

Levantinism1949

1928 G. Brunton & G. Caton-Thompson Badarian Civilisation i. i. 1 By ‘Predynastic’ is meant the age..which has been subdivided into the three divisions of Early (or Amratian), Middle (or Gerzean), and Late (or Semainian).

2003 World Archaeol. 35 216 The Predynastic is generally divided into the Badarian (~4400–4000 bc), Naqada I (or Amratian, 3900–3650 bc), Naqada II (or Gerzean, 3650–3300 bc) and Naqada III (or Semainean).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	amratian
释义	Amratianadj.n. Brit. /amˈreɪʃn/, U.S. /æmˈreɪʃən/ Forms: α. 1900s– Amratian. β. 1900s– Amratean. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name El-Amra , -ian suffix. Etymology: < Amra (in El-Amra (Arabic al-ʿAmra), the name of an archaeological site in Upper Egypt, situated between the cities of Asyut and Aswan, where a predynastic cemetery was excavated in 1900–1) + -ian suffix, with insertion of -t- (for euphony).With the β. forms compare -ean suffix. Archaeology. A. adj. Designating the earliest of three phases into which the Naqada period of predynastic culture in Egypt was divided by Egyptologist W. F. M. Petrie; of or relating to this period.Petrie's divisions, Amratian, Gerzean, Semainean, approximately correspond to what is now usually known as Naqada I, Naqada II, and Naqada III (see Naqada n. 2). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [adjective] > specific pre-dynastic culture Badarian1924 Amratian1925 Gerzean1925 Semainean1925 1925 Catal. Antiq. at Badari (Brit. Sch. Archaeol. in Egypt) 3 Approximate Dates. 13,000 B.C.... Badarian Age, 10,000 B.C.... Amratian Age, 9,000 B.C.... Gerzean Age. 1979 M. A. Hoffman Egypt Before Pharaohs vii. 121 Today we believe the Amratian period began around the turn of the fifth millennium B.C., and lasted approximately 500 years. 2013 D. Klemm & R. Klemm Gold & Gold Mining in Anc. Egypt & Nubia i. 3/2 Winkler (1938) ascribes this Predynastic group to the so-called ‘Earliest Hunters’ of the Amratian culture. B. n. The Amratian phase of the Naqada period of predynastic culture in Egypt (see sense A.). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [noun] > cultures of specific peoples or nations Indianism1672 Gaeldom1860 zadruga1887 Nazca1917 Amratian1928 Ibero-Maurusian1934 Oranian1934 Levantinism1949 1928 G. Brunton & G. Caton-Thompson Badarian Civilisation i. i. 1 By ‘Predynastic’ is meant the age..which has been subdivided into the three divisions of Early (or Amratian), Middle (or Gerzean), and Late (or Semainian). 2003 World Archaeol. 35 216 The Predynastic is generally divided into the Badarian (~4400–4000 bc), Naqada I (or Amratian, 3900–3650 bc), Naqada II (or Gerzean, 3650–3300 bc) and Naqada III (or Semainean). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1925
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