Umm El Qa'ab - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Umm El Qa'ab - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Umm El Qaʻāb (sometimes romanised Umm El Gaʻab, ) is a necropolis of the Early Dynastic Period kings at Abydos, Egypt.Toby Wilkinson, Early Dynastic Egypt, Routledge, 1999 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 (w-)pkr or (rꜣ-)pkr "District of the pkr[-tree]" (an unidentified species) or "Opening of the pkr[-tree]" (Coptic: upoke), belonging to tꜣ-dsr "the secluded/cleared land" (necropolis) or crk-hh "Binding of Eternity" (Coptic: Alkhah). Read more on Wikipedia
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