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Granite slab with the Horus-name of Khufu. Fourth Dynasty, about 2570 BC. From Bubastis. The name, which is read Medjedu, is contained in the serekh-panel of the style used by the Early Dynastic kings. The slab may originally have come from the mortuary
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Miniature double-vase with paintings of boats and plants. Predynastic, Naqada II. 3600-3250 BC. EA 65442. (British Museum)
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Miniature double-vase with paintings of boats and plants. Predynastic, Naqada II. 3600-3250 BC. EA 65442. (British Museum)
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Inscribed calcite vase fragment. Second Dynasty, about 2800 BC. The inscription gives the name Sekhemib-Perenmaat, considered to have been the name used by Peribsen early in his reign. Given by G.D. Nash. EA 52862. (British Museum)
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Fragment of clay jar seal. Second Dynasty, about 2800 BC. From the tomb of Peribsen, Abydos. Seal bearing the name used by Peribsen early in his reign, Sekhemib and the official title, hrỉ tp nsw ỉz ḏfʒ with the falcon of Horus. Given by the Egypt Explo
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Painted limestone statue of Kaitep and his wife, Hetepheres. Limestone statue: showing the Royal Acquaintance Katep and his wife, the Royal Acquaintance Hetepheres, whose names appear on the statue and also on a false door and other inscribed architectur
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Decorated mace-head of crystalline limestone. Late Predynastic or early First Dynasty, about 3100 BC. Pear shaped mace-head of hard crystalline limestone, pierced vertically for fixing to a handle. A figure of a snake, coiled around the object, is shown
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Fragment of clay jar-seal. Part of a jar-seal: of pale brown clay, bearing an impressed inscription which shows the name of Peribsen with the Seth-Animal and the figure of the god Ash. Second Dynasty, about 2800 BC. From the tomb of Peribsen, Abydos. B
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Clay seal impression of King Anedjib and the official Sabu. This seal must have been moved into the tomb of Den as a result of the disturbance of the site. First Dynasty, about 2900 BC. From the tomb of Den, Abydos. Bibliography: W. M. F. Petrie, 'Roya
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Ebony label of King Den. First Dynasty, about 3000 BC. From the tomb of Den, Abydos. A damaged label for a container of oil in the burial equipment embellished with scenes of the events in a particular year of the reign. Top register depicts the king run
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Part of a ceremonial palette. Late Predynastic, Naqada III. 3250-3100 BC. Part of a ceremonial palette of grey mudstone: with the figure of an antelope in low relief at the top. This figure was carved on both sides of the palette, and on the reverse it f
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Calcite figure of a woman. Old Kingdom, about 2500 BC. This formal portrait of a lady of high rank is carved with considerable attention to detail, particularly in the treatment of the face. During the Old Kingdom, the simple sheath dress was worn by bo
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Part of a glazed composition vase with the name of King Aha. Early First Dynasty. About 3000 BC. From the early Osiris-temple at Abydos, close to Chamber M69. Part of the side of a large globular vase of glazed composition: consisting of three joined fra
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Squat spheroidal vase of andesite porphyry. Late Predynastic - early First Dynasty, about 3100 BC. Purchased from R. J. Moss & Co., 1901. EA 35304 (British Museum)
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Limestone game-board in the form of a coiled snake, used for the game called 'mehen'. Probably Second Dynasty. 2890-2686 BC. Game-boards in the form of coiled snakes are known from the Early Dynastic period when games became a regular item of tomb equipm
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The Battlefield Palette. Lower half of a ceremonial palette. Late Predynastic, Naqada III. 3250-3100 BC. The lower half of a palette of grey mudstone: together with a cast of another fragment in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. The palette is decorated on b
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The Battlefield Palette. Lower half of a ceremonial palette. Late Predynastic, Naqada III. 3250-3100 BC. The lower half of a palette of grey mudstone: together with a cast of another fragment in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. The palette is decorated on b
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Andesite porphyry vase inscribed for king Qa-a. Late First Dynasty. About 2900 BC. This fine vessel bears a very lightly-incised 'serekh' containing the name of Qa-a. EA 22556. (British Museum)
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Large stone vessel with tubular handles. First or Second Dynasty, 3100-2686 BC. Vessel of exceptionally large size, typical of the fine quality products made only for the burial equipment of royal tombs at this period. Andesite porphyry. EA 35698. (Brit
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Ivory gaming-piece in the form of a figure of a lion. First Dynasty, about 3000 BC. From subsidiary grave O.29 around the tomb of Djer, Abydos. This piece shows evidence of extensive wear, showing that it had been used for some time before being include
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Limestone relief of Rahotep. Early Fourth Dynasty. From Meidum. This fine slab was fixed in the offering-chapel of a brick mastaba tomb. The relief shows Rahotep seated before offerings, which are detailed in a formal list on the right of the slab. EA 1
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Ivory figure of a king. First or Second Dynasty. 3100-2686 BC. From the early Osiris-temple at Abydos. Abydod became a site of particular importance in the Early Dynastic period as the burial place of the first kings of unified Egypt. The town of Thinis
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Gneiss tomb-stela of King Peribsen. Second Dynasty, about 2800 BC. From the tomb of Peribsen, Abydos. This stela was one of a pair set up beside the royal tomb. Above the royal name was the animal of Seth, later erased, in place of the usual Horus falcon
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Fragment of a limestone casing-block from the pyramid of Khufu. Fourth Dynasty, about 2570 BC. From Giza. The exterior casing-stones of the Great Pyramid, each of which weighed sixteen tons, were almost all removed in medieval times. This piece from the
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Limestone vase with gold cover. Second Dynasty, about 2700 BC. From the tomb of Khasekhemwy, Abydos. Squat magnesite jar: with flat base and raised external rim. The mouth is covered with a thin gold cap, secured by a fine gold wire. The wire encircles t
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Clay seal-impression. Second Dynasty, about 2800 BC. From the tomb of Peribsen, Abydos. This seal is described in the inscription as the 'Seal of all gold things'. and continues, 'The golden one [?] has handed over [?] the Two Lands to his son, the King
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Ivory label of King Den. First Dynasty, about 3000 BC. From the tomb of Den, Abydos. This label was attached to a pair of sandals in the royal tomb equipment, and an illustration of the footwear is shown on the reverse side. The front bears a scene of th
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Ivory label of King Den. First Dynasty, about 3000 BC. From the tomb of Den, Abydos. This label was attached to a pair of sandals in the royal tomb equipment, and an illustration of the footwear is shown on the reverse side. The front bears a scene of th
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Ivory label of King Semerkhet. First Dynasty, about 2900 BC. From the tomb of Semerkhet, Abydos. The inscriptions show that this was a label for a container of oil, but also contain references to certain religious festivals in a particular year of the re
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Diagram of Ivory label of King Semerkhet. First Dynasty, about 2900 BC. From the tomb of Semerkhet, Abydos. The inscriptions show that this was a label for a container of oil, but also contain references to certain religious festivals in a particular yea
