Semainean
/səˈmʌɪnɪən/(also Semainian) Archaeol. Now rare
adjective
Of or relating to the last period of predynastic culture in Upper Egypt; designating this period. Also as noun: the Semainean period.
- The existence of a distinct late predynastic culture has been questioned, and this period is now generally subsumed under either the Gerzean or the protodynastic period..
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Catalogue Egyptian Antiquities found at Badari in 1925. From Semaine- + -an.
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