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Fragment of an ivory tag
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.
Artwork Details
- Title: Fragment of an ivory tag
- Period: Early Dynastic Period
- Dynasty: Dynasty 1
- Reign: reign of 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
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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