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Koptos, some smaller finds from the Old Kingdom (about 2686-2181 BC)
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calcite vessel fragment with name of Khufu (bought at Koptos)
relief fragment with the Horus name of Pepy I

Sculptured Pottery

Fragments of sculptured pottery found at different places at Koptos. The fragments belonged perhaps to objects placed in the temple of the Old Kingdom. They are part of the temple inventory, similar fragments/objects were found at Abydos.

Adams 1986: passim

 


 

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