Ivory label incised with an early hieroglyph that may be the image of a bundle of arrows
Object type: Label, bundle of arrows
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Early Dynastic Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 1
Date: ca. 2650 B.C.
Medium: Wood, ink
Dimensions: H: 3.7cm (1 7/16 in.); W: 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.); th: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Northern Upper Egypt Abydos
Locale: Umm el-Qaab
Locus: Tomb of Djer
Excavation: Egypt Exploration Fund excavations
Credit line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1901
Accession year: 1901
Tags: Hieroglyphs