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Incised Tag
UnknownDynasty 1, reign of Qa'a, ca. 2890 BC
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum
Chicago, United States
This tag was found in a rubbish heap at Abydos. The text recorded notable events in a year of the king's reign, also called an "annals inscription." By this point, around the year 2890 BCE, tags could convey complex information in writing.
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Details
- Title: Incised Tag
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: Dynasty 1, reign of Qa'a, ca. 2890 BC
- Physical Location: Chicago, IL.
- Location Created: Rubbish heap, Umm el-Qa'ab, Abydos, Egypt
- Physical Dimensions: H: 2.5 x L: 2.3 x W: 0.3 cm
- Provenance: Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1902
- Type: Tag, Ivory
- Rights: © ISAC Museum
- External Link: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, Exhibit Catalog: Visible Language (Cat. No. 70), ISACM E6192, D. 9247
- Medium: Ivory
- Photographer: Anna R. Ressman
- Photograph Registration Number: D. 9247
- Object Registration Number: ISACM E6192
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