Egypt
- Daily Photo - Limestone Head (petrie Museum)
Limestone head of man, flat back, broken off at chin level. Thought by Petrie to be head of King Narmer Period - Dynasty 1 (2890BCE-3100BCE) till Dynasty 3 (2613BCE-2686BCE) Material - limestone Measurements - height 12.3 cms 10.0 cms width 13.4 cms...
- Daily Photo - String Of Faience Beads
UC35614 String of faience beads: one short cylinder, nine hemispherical (semi-cone), one hundred and twenty eight spheroids (balls); all with large perforations, some retain blue-green glaze, some are blackened, some eroded. Period - Dynasty 1 (2890BCE-3100BCE)...
- Daily Photo - Greywacke Vessel
UC35653 Five pieces of greywacke vessel with ribs of a plant leaf in relief on exterior and plain concave interior; reconstructed with painted polyfilla gap fill to form a three-lobed dish in the form of Ficus caria (fig) with a curved stalk Period -...
- Daily Photo - Serekh Bracelet
UC25976 Blue glazed faience serekh bracelet composed of two end pieces with fastening holes and thirteen hawks on serekhs, also twenty-four spacer beads Period - Dynasty 1 (2890BCE-3100BCE) Found at - Gizeh Measurements - length 20.0 cms width 2.2 cms...
- Daily Photo - Ivory Tag
UC16182 Ivory (hippopotamus) incised with BEKH and serekh with name of King Djer (cp. 16172) (broken at hole) Period - Dynasty 1 (2890BCE-3100BCE) Found at - Abydos Measurements - height 3.6 + cms width 3.1 cms Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian...
Egypt
Daily Photo - Firsty Dynasty flint knife
UC16215. Flint knife, Dynasty 1 (2890BCE-3100BCE), found at Abydos, length 26.5 cms
Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology,
University College London
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- Daily Photo - Limestone Head (petrie Museum)
Limestone head of man, flat back, broken off at chin level. Thought by Petrie to be head of King Narmer Period - Dynasty 1 (2890BCE-3100BCE) till Dynasty 3 (2613BCE-2686BCE) Material - limestone Measurements - height 12.3 cms 10.0 cms width 13.4 cms...
- Daily Photo - String Of Faience Beads
UC35614 String of faience beads: one short cylinder, nine hemispherical (semi-cone), one hundred and twenty eight spheroids (balls); all with large perforations, some retain blue-green glaze, some are blackened, some eroded. Period - Dynasty 1 (2890BCE-3100BCE)...
- Daily Photo - Greywacke Vessel
UC35653 Five pieces of greywacke vessel with ribs of a plant leaf in relief on exterior and plain concave interior; reconstructed with painted polyfilla gap fill to form a three-lobed dish in the form of Ficus caria (fig) with a curved stalk Period -...
- Daily Photo - Serekh Bracelet
UC25976 Blue glazed faience serekh bracelet composed of two end pieces with fastening holes and thirteen hawks on serekhs, also twenty-four spacer beads Period - Dynasty 1 (2890BCE-3100BCE) Found at - Gizeh Measurements - length 20.0 cms width 2.2 cms...
- Daily Photo - Ivory Tag
UC16182 Ivory (hippopotamus) incised with BEKH and serekh with name of King Djer (cp. 16172) (broken at hole) Period - Dynasty 1 (2890BCE-3100BCE) Found at - Abydos Measurements - height 3.6 + cms width 3.1 cms Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian...