Early Dynastic Era

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The objects are numbered as follows:

The first letters indicate the general time period:

PD – Pre-Dynastic

ED – Early Dynastic

OK – Old Kingdom

FIP – First Intermediate Period

MK – Middle Kingdom

SIP – Second Intermediate Period

NK – New Kingdom

TIP – Third Intermediate Period

LP – Late Period

P – Ptolemaic

N – Nubian

U – Unknown

The second letters or numbers indicate the dynasty or more specific period:

N1 – Naqada I

N2 – Naqada II

N3 – Naqada III

Dynasties 1-30

U – Unknown Dynasty

RP – Ramesside Period (Dynasties 19-20)

The third number is the number of the specific item.

If there are multiple photos of the same item, those are labeled with another number keep track.

Corpus #	Category	Dog Description	Location	Museum and # (if any)	Picture?
ED.1.1	Vessel	One dog with animals	Egypt	Louvre Museum, Paris, E.27202	Yes
ED.1.2	Figurine	One dog	Egypt	Louvre Museum, Paris, E.27203	Yes
ED.1.3	Tomb Marker	Named dog	Abydos, Umm el-Qaab	Louvre Museum, E.21702	Yes
ED.1.4	Tomb Marker	Named dog	Abydos, Umm el-Qaab	Cairo Museum, CG 14603	Yes
ED.1.5	Tomb Marker	Named dog	Abydos, Umm el-Qaab	Cairo Museum, CG14608	Yes
ED.1.6	Gaming Piece	Two hunting dogs	Saqqara	Cairo Museum, JE 70104	Yes
ED.1.7	Animal Remains	One dog burial	Saqqara		No
ED.1.8	Tomb Marker	Named dog	Abydos		Yes
ED.1.9	Tomb Marker	Named dog	Abydos, Umm el-Qaab		Yes
ED.1.10	Animal Remains	One dog burial	Saqqara		Yes
ED.1.11	Animals Remains	One dog burial	Saqqara		Yes
ED.1.12	Animal Remains	One dog burial	Abydos, Umm el-Qaab		No
ED.1.13	Gaming Piece	Three dogs	Naqada	Cairo Museum, CG 14041	Yes
ED.1.14	Gaming Piece	One dog	Egypt	Pelizaeus Museum, Hildesheim, F0006	Yes
ED.1.15	Figurine	One dog	Hierakonpolis	Petrie Museum, London, UC 11001	Yes
ED.1.16	Gaming Piece	One dog	Abydos	Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 71.622	Yes