Predynastic Carved Ivory Tusk, Petrie Museum

A carved ivory tusk recovered from a predynastic grave at the site of Naqada in the collections of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University College London (UC4111). The following is from the catalogue entry for the object in the Petrie's [online catalogue](http://petriecat.museums.ucl.ac.uk/default.aspx): UC4111 Tusk; ivory, incision around the top, three lines around middle and tip. Hippopotamus ivory, lower canine. From Naqada tomb 1497 Place: Naqada, Egypt Period: Naqada I Materials: ivory Dimensions: length: 11 cms width: 3.0 cms Publications: Petrie, William Matthew Flinders. *Naqada and Ballas: 1895.* Pl. LXII, 32 Created from 185 photographs (Canon EOS Rebel T5i) using Metashape 1.5.5. Photographed in July 2018 at the Petrie Museum through the kind permission and assitance of Anna Garnett and the rest of the Petrie Staff. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab