Origin of the State. Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt (Cracow 2002): ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS

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Origin of the State. Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt
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The Name of Elephantine in the Late Predynastic period

Alejandro JIMENEZ-SERRANO

Jaén (Spain)

In the present communication, the author will discuss one of the numerous designs that have appeared in some labels of the tomb U-j at Umm el-Qaab and in other sites of Upper Egypt. This design, which shows an elephant surmounting a mountain, has been interpreted as an early reference of Abydos. However, parallels with Old Kingdom references of Elephantine suggest that this design referred to Elephantine instead of Abydos.

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