Fragment of an ivory tag
Description
ivory tag, Den. Early Dynastic Period, Dynasty 1, reign of Den, ca. 3013–2999 B.C. Ivory. H. 1.1 x W. 2 cm (7/16 x 13/16 in.). From: Umm el-Qaab, Tomb of Den, near, Abydos, Northern Upper Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1909. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1909.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Small fragment of an ivory object with a carved, possibly incised or molded face and linear markings across the surface.
The image shows a small, broken piece of material resembling ivory, with a stepped/irregular fracture and surviving carved decoration on one face. The visible surface has darkened lines and grooves that run in bands, with a central area containing geometric or stylized forms; some features resemble incised strokes rather than full legible hieroglyphs. No clearly readable hieroglyphic text, cartouches, royal titulary, or deity iconography can be confirmed from the available detail. The background is plain white, and no mounting, inscriptions, or modern labels are visible in-frame.
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.