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 - 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...
- Daily Photo - Faience Pig Figurine
UC11007. Faience? pig, faded. Early Dynastic Period (2750BCE-3100BCE). Found at Hierakonpolis ? Measurements - length 7 cms height 3.3 cms width 2.8 cms Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- Daily Photo - Ostracon With Boat Sketch
UC33205. Limestone ostracon with one large sickle-shaped boat with circular terminals at prow and stern, and cabin with kneeling person inside holding a sceptre. Below three smaller sickle-shaped boats, all with steering-oars, two with cabins, and one...
- Daily(ish) Photo - Early Ceramics From The Petrie
UC10774. Black-topped pot. Type B86M,with pot mark. Height 11.3 ins, width 9.8 ins. Found at El Amrah. Predynastic Period (3100BCE-5300BCE) UC10702. Decorated pot, type D67B. Height 17.5 ins diameter 22.0 ins. (If you look up this vessel from the above...
Egypt
Daily Photo - Pear-shaped macehead, Hierakonpolis
UC14894
Pear-shaped macehead, quartz (published as 'alabaster');
10 shallow grooves right-handed from bottom to top; only partly bored from either end.
Period - Early Dynastic Period (2750BCE-3100BCE)
Found at - Hierakonpolis
Material - quartz
Measurements - diameter 6 cms height 5.3 cms
Pear-shaped macehead, quartz (published as 'alabaster');
10 shallow grooves right-handed from bottom to top; only partly bored from either end.
Period - Early Dynastic Period (2750BCE-3100BCE)
Found at - Hierakonpolis
Material - quartz
Measurements - diameter 6 cms height 5.3 cms
Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
University College London
With my thanks
- 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 - 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...
- Daily Photo - Faience Pig Figurine
UC11007. Faience? pig, faded. Early Dynastic Period (2750BCE-3100BCE). Found at Hierakonpolis ? Measurements - length 7 cms height 3.3 cms width 2.8 cms Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- Daily Photo - Ostracon With Boat Sketch
UC33205. Limestone ostracon with one large sickle-shaped boat with circular terminals at prow and stern, and cabin with kneeling person inside holding a sceptre. Below three smaller sickle-shaped boats, all with steering-oars, two with cabins, and one...
- Daily(ish) Photo - Early Ceramics From The Petrie
UC10774. Black-topped pot. Type B86M,with pot mark. Height 11.3 ins, width 9.8 ins. Found at El Amrah. Predynastic Period (3100BCE-5300BCE) UC10702. Decorated pot, type D67B. Height 17.5 ins diameter 22.0 ins. (If you look up this vessel from the above...