Egypt
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
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Egypt
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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 Archaeology
University College London
With my thanks
- 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 - Ivory Figurine
UC16069 Ivory statuette of naked young man with leonine face, similar to later images of Bes, with lion's hair, ears + long tail, + immature male human body. Holes in fists (? for metal snakes) - L foot broken (piece missing). Period - Late Middle...
- 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...
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UC16215. Flint knife, Dynasty 1 (2890BCE-3100BCE), found at Abydos, length 26.5 cms Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University College London With my thanksEgyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- Daily(ish) Photo - 12th Dynasty Hippo Ivory Baton
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