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1901.40.68

Ivory arrow-head, tip broken.

1901.40.68

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ivory arrow-head, tip broken.
Geographical reference
Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt
Abydos, Tomb of Djet
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Ancient Egyptian Early Dynastic
Date collected
By 1901
Acquisition information
Donated: 1901
Materials and processes
Material Animal Ivory Tooth
Object numbers
Accession number: 1901.40.68 Other numbers: W
Research and responses

Usual transliteration of the name Zet is now Djet - third king of the 1st Dynasty [RW 25/03/02]

It is unknown whether or not it is possible to match the arrow-head to the appropriate tomb/site of excavation. [CW 29/11/99]; but it is quite likely that Petrie physically numbered the objects with their context [RTS 10/1/2005]. Several of these arrow heads do have numbers on them, such as W.1 and W.53 and these refer to the subsidiary tombs found around the tomb of Djet. [AS 26/06/2012]

See RDF for copy of the Egypt Exploration Society's list of objects sent to the PRM from the Abydos excavations [AS 18/07/2012].

Associated publications
Petrie, W.M.F. 1901. The Royal Tombs of the Earliest Dynasties, Part II. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. [AS 07/06/2012]

Search terms: Archery Weapon, Death, Religion, Arrow-head, Grave Good

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