<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">Amratian</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31434494</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:57:09</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Amratian period</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Early Naqada</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Nagadah I</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Naqada I</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to the period in Upper Egypt from about 4000 to 3500 or 3200 BCE. Works of art include stone maceheads, slate palettes, stone vases, ivory carvings, figurines of various materials, black-topped red pottery, and a red polished pottery sometimes decorated in white slip with linear designs of human or animal figures. ]]></dc:description></metadata>