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Early Dynastic Period
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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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Title: Fragment of an ivory tag
Period: Early Dynastic Period
Dynasty: 1
Reign: Den
Date: ca. 3013–2999 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Abydos, Umm el-Qaab, Tomb of Den, near, Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1909
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: H. 1.1 x W. 2 cm (7/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1909
Object Number: 09.182.18
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