▁Berlin . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁Dre yer ▁and ▁his ▁colle ague ▁Werner ▁Kaiser ▁exc av ated ▁in ▁A by d os ▁( U mm ▁el - Q a ab ) ▁on ▁the ▁c emetery ▁" U " ▁the ▁bur ial ▁site ▁of ▁the ▁king ▁( U - j ), ▁which ▁is ▁dated ▁to ▁the ▁Na qu ada ▁period ▁III a 2 , ▁known ▁as ▁king ▁Sc orp ion ▁I . ▁Currently , ▁this ▁is ▁the ▁earliest ▁known ▁large ▁royal ▁tomb ▁of ▁old ▁Egypt . ▁The ▁most ▁important ▁finds ▁were ▁about ▁ 4 0 0 ▁large ▁wine ▁j ars ▁being ▁ins cribed ▁resp . ▁having ▁tags ▁showing ▁ph on et ically ▁readable ▁characters ▁of ▁a ▁script , ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁its ▁kind ▁in ▁Egypt . ▁They ▁identify ▁the ▁person ▁laid ▁into ▁the ▁grave , ▁as ▁the ▁ins cription ▁says ▁" plant ation ▁of ▁( king ) ▁Sc orp ion ." ▁Script ▁also ▁name ▁his ▁successor , ▁a ▁king ▁Double ▁Fal con ▁I . ▁ ▁The ▁scientific ▁importance ▁lies ▁in ▁the ▁fact ▁of ▁finding ▁Egypt ian ▁hier og lyph s ▁which ▁pre date ▁c une iform ▁script . ▁The ▁mentioned ▁hier og lyph s ▁are ▁on ▁small ▁wooden ▁tags ▁applied ▁to ▁the ▁j ars ▁probably ▁mark ing ▁their ▁origin ▁and ▁" are ▁fully ▁developed ", ▁as ▁Dre yer ▁stated . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁Dre yer ▁found ▁another ▁writing ▁on ▁small ▁iv ory ▁labels , ▁he ▁concluded ▁that ▁these ▁support ▁the ▁challenge ▁to ▁the ▁prev ail ing ▁view