Object description

Umm El Qaʻāb is a necropolis of the Early Dynastic Period kings at Abydos, Egypt. Its modern name means "Mother of Pots" as the whole area is littered with the broken pot shards of offerings made in earlier times. The cultic ancient name of the area was pkr or pkr "District of the pkr[-tree]" or "Opening of the pkr[-tree]" , belonging to tꜣ-dsr "the secluded/cleared land" or crk-hh "Binding of Eternity" .