Semaineanadj.n.

Brit.

/səˈmʌɪnɪən/, U.S.

/səˈmaɪniən/

Forms: 1900s– Semainean, 1900s– Semainian.

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

Etymology: < Semaine- (in Semaineh (also Semaina ), the name of a village in Upper Egypt, where objects relating to the last period of ancient Egyptian predynastic culture were excavated by W. M. F. Petrie and his team; compare quot. 1939) + -an suffix.With the form Semainian compare -ian suffix.

Archaeology. Now rare.

Of or relating to the last period of predynastic culture in Upper Egypt; designating this period. Also as n.: the Semainean period. The existence of a distinct late predynastic culture has been questioned (cf. quot. 1944), and this period is now generally subsumed under either the Gerzean (Gerzean adj.) or the protodynastic period.

ΘΚΠ

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

Badarian1924

Amratian1925

Gerzean1925

Semainean1925

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > in other cultures

Hegiran1708

hegiric1828

Saka1886

Heian1893

protodynastic1900

Vikrama1910

Gerzean1925

Semainean1925

Six Dynasties1934

Tao Kuang1960

1925 Catal. Antiquities at Badari (Brit. Sch. Archaeol. in Egypt) 3 (table) Approximate dates..9,000 b.c.…Gerzean Age…7,000 b.c.…Semainean Age…5,500 b.c.…First Dynasty.

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).

1939 W. M. F. Petrie Making of Egypt vii. 55 We now reach the last of the ages, the Semainean, best represented at Semaineh, 17 miles west of Qena.

1944 Jrnl. Near Eastern Stud. 3 135/2 It seems impossible to isolate any Semainean or Late Predynastic assemblage, and it is most probable that this period is a hypostatization which should be abandoned.

1958 V. G. Childe New Light on Most Anc. East v. 99 Petrie..postulated a ‘dynastic race’ and interpolated a Semainian period to contain the conquest and a Semainian culture to result from it.

1996 P. F. Jacobs in J. D. Seger Retrieving Past 132/1 The other dated forms range from Semainean to the First Dynasty.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	semainean
释义	Semaineanadj.n. Brit. /səˈmʌɪnɪən/, U.S. /səˈmaɪniən/ Forms: 1900s– Semainean, 1900s– Semainian. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Semaineh , -an suffix. Etymology: < Semaine- (in Semaineh (also Semaina ), the name of a village in Upper Egypt, where objects relating to the last period of ancient Egyptian predynastic culture were excavated by W. M. F. Petrie and his team; compare quot. 1939) + -an suffix.With the form Semainian compare -ian suffix. Archaeology. Now rare. Of or relating to the last period of predynastic culture in Upper Egypt; designating this period. Also as n.: the Semainean period. The existence of a distinct late predynastic culture has been questioned (cf. quot. 1944), and this period is now generally subsumed under either the Gerzean (Gerzean adj.) or the protodynastic period. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [adjective] > specific pre-dynastic culture Badarian1924 Amratian1925 Gerzean1925 Semainean1925 the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > in other cultures Hegiran1708 hegiric1828 Saka1886 Heian1893 protodynastic1900 Vikrama1910 Gerzean1925 Semainean1925 Six Dynasties1934 Tao Kuang1960 1925 Catal. Antiquities at Badari (Brit. Sch. Archaeol. in Egypt) 3 (table) Approximate dates..9,000 b.c.…Gerzean Age…7,000 b.c.…Semainean Age…5,500 b.c.…First Dynasty. 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). 1939 W. M. F. Petrie Making of Egypt vii. 55 We now reach the last of the ages, the Semainean, best represented at Semaineh, 17 miles west of Qena. 1944 Jrnl. Near Eastern Stud. 3 135/2 It seems impossible to isolate any Semainean or Late Predynastic assemblage, and it is most probable that this period is a hypostatization which should be abandoned. 1958 V. G. Childe New Light on Most Anc. East v. 99 Petrie..postulated a ‘dynastic race’ and interpolated a Semainian period to contain the conquest and a Semainian culture to result from it. 1996 P. F. Jacobs in J. D. Seger Retrieving Past 132/1 The other dated forms range from Semainean to the First Dynasty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1925
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