Predynastic Period Dogs

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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?
PD.N1.1	Vessel	Four dogs on leashes	Egypt	Pushkin Museum, Moscow, I.1.a 4777	Yes
PD.N1.2	Vessel	Two hunting dogs	Egypt	Musee Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, E.2631	Yes
PD.N1.3	Vessel	Three hunting dogs	Naqada		Yes
PD.N1.4	Vessel	Nine hunting dogs	Naqada	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1895.482	Yes
PD.N1.5	Vessel	Hunting dogs	Naqada	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1895.487	No
PD.N1.6	Vessel	Three hunting dogs	Gebelein	Princeton Art Museum, 30-491	Yes
PD.N1.7	Vessel	Three hunting dogs	Gebelein	Princeton Art Museum, 30-493	Yes
PD.N1.8	Vessel	One dog with animals	Egypt	Petrie Museum, London, 15329	Yes
PD.N1.9	Vessel	One dog with animals	Abydos		Yes
PD.N1.10	Vessel	One dog with animals	Abydos		Yes
PD.N1.11	Vessel	Hunting dog	Gebelein	Cario Museum, ?	No
PD.N1.12	Vessel	One dog	Gebelein	Princeton Art Museum, 30-494	No
PD.N1.13	Vessel	Dog with animals	Hu/Abadiya	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, E.2778	No
PD.N1.14	Vessel	Hunting dog	Egypt	Bern, Block-Diener, ?	No
PD.N1.15	Vessel	Hunting dog	Egypt	Musee Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, E.2316	No
PD.N1.16	Vessel	Dog with animals	Egypt	Musee Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Brussels, E.2988	No
PD.N1.17	Vessel	Hunting dog	Egypt	Cairo Museum, JE 71603	No
PD.N1.18	Vessel	Hunting dog	Egypt	Geneva, Switzerland, D 1186	No
PD.N1.19	Vessel	Hunting dog	Egypt	Petrie Museum, London, 15334	No
PD.N1.20	Vessel	Hunting dog	Egypt	Pushkin Museum, Moscow, 2947	No
PD.N1.21	Vessel	Hunting dog	Egypt	Turin Museum, S.1827	No
PD.N1.22	Vessel	Hunting dog	Egypt	Royal Museum of Ontario, 910.85.88	No
PD.N1.23	Vessel	Hunting dog	Abadiya U		No
PD.N1.24	Vessel	Dog with animals	Abadiya U		No
PD.N2.1	Vessel	Hunting dog	Abydos	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, E.2632	No
PD.N2.2	Vessel	Dog with animals	Abydos	Cairo Museum, JE 72148	No
PD.N2.3	Vessel	Dog with animals	Hemamieh	Turin Museum, S.4749	No
PD.N2.4	Vessel	Hunting dog	Khozam	Lyon, Paris, 90000098	No
PD.N2.5	Vessel	Hunting dog	Egypt	Royal Museum of Ontario, 9002.45	No
PD.N2.6	Vessel	Hunting dog	Egypt	Oriental Institute Museum, Chicago, 10542	No
PD.N2.7	Vessel	Hunting dog	Egypt	Berlin Museum, 14336	No
PD.N2.8	Tube	Dog	Hierakonpolis	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, E.4714	No
PD.N2.9	Spoon	Dog with animals	Tarkhan	Cairo Museum, ?	No
PD.N2.10	Sceptre Head	Dog	Egypt	Egyptian Museum, Munich, 1520	No
PD.N2.11	Knife Handle	Dog with animals	Egypt	MET, New York, 26.247.1	No
PD.N2.12	Knife Handle	One dog with animals	Sohag, Sheikh Hamdeh	British Museum, London, EA 68512	Yes
PD.N2.13	Knife Handle	Two dogs on leashes	Gebel el-Arak, Abydos	Louvre Museum, Paris, E11517	Yes
PD.N2.14	Relief	Three hunting dogs	Hierakonpolis		Yes
PD.N3.1	Knife Handle	Two dogs	Abydos		Yes
PD.N3.2	Knife Handle	One dog with animals	Qau	MET, New York, 26.7.1281	Yes
PD.N3.3	Comb	One dog with animals	Egypt	MET, New York, 30.8.224	Yes
PD.N3.4	Knife Handle	One dog with animals	Abydos	Cairo Museum, CG 14265	Yes
PD.N3.5	Palette	Three dogs with animals	Hierakonpolis	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, E.2924	Yes
PD.N3.6	Knife Handle	Three dogs with animals	Abu Zaidan	Brooklyn Museum, 09.889.118	Yes
PD.N3.7	Rock Drawing	One hunting dog	Qift-Qusei Road, Eastern Desert		Yes
PD.N.1	Knife Handle	Hunting dog	Egypt		Yes
PD.U.1	Sceptre Head	Three dogs with leashes	Hierakonpolis		Yes
PD.U.2	Palette	One dog with animals	Tell Ezzat		Yes
PD.U.3	Figurine	Six mastiff dogs	Abu el Melek		Yes
PD.U.4	Figurine	Mastiff dog	Hierakonpolis		Yes
PD.U.5	Rock Drawing	Two hunting dogs	North of Aswan		Yes
PD.U.6	Rock Drawing	One hunting dog	Wadi Abu Wasil, Eastern Desert		Yes
PD.U.7	Rock Drawing	Two hunting dogs	Karkur Tahl, Gebel Uweinat		Yes
PD.U.8	Rock Drawing	Two hunting dogs	Wadi Gash		Yes
PD.U.9	Rock Drawing	One hunting dog	Qena-Quseir road		Yes
PD.U.10	Rock Drawing	Two hunting dogs	Karkur Tahl, Gebel Uweinat		Yes
PD.U.11	Rock Drawing	Seven hunting dogs	Abu Agag, east of Aswan		Yes
PD.U.12	Rock Drawing	Six hunting dogs	Wadi Hamra, Gilf el Kebir		Yes
PD.U.13	Gaming Piece	One dog	Egypt	Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 22.220	Yes
PD.U.14	Gaming Piece	One dog	Egypt	Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 71.523	Yes
PD.U.15	Gaming Piece	One dog	Egypt	Unknown private collection	Yes

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If you have any additional information about the objects below or see some incorrect information, please don’t hesitate to email me at melissaindenile@gmail.com!

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