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Flint shaped like a bird Predynastic–Early DynasticNag el-Deir
Description
eccentric. Predynastic–Early Dynastic, Naqada II–Dynasty 1, ca. 3300–2900 B.C. Flint. h. 2 7/8 in (7.4 cm); w. 2 7/16 in (6.1 cm); th. 3/8 in (1 cm). Said to be from: Nag el-Deir, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Birds. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1926.
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A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
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