Fragment of an ivory tag, Early Dynastic Period, 1, ca. 3013–2999 , From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Abydos, Umm el-Qaab


Fragment of an ivory tag, Early Dynastic Period, 1, ca. 3013–2999 , From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Abydos, Umm el-Qaab, Tomb of Den, near, Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1909, Ivory, H. x W. 2 cm (7/16 x 13/16 in.), Found near an ivory furniture leg, a second label, and two stone vessels, this tag most likely would have been used to label one of the commodities placed in the king's tomb


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