Dried mud seal; four hole with knot in center; inscription [GLYPHS] (seal impression includes cartouche of Menkaure). Illustration: Yes
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- ID
- HUMFA_12-10-21
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Classification
- Seals, sealings & stoppers
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- Findspot
- Pit G 2300 (= G 5190) A, debris in chamber
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- Material
- Mud
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- Dimensions
- Height: 3.5 cm Diameter: 7 cm
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA accession number: 13.3467
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- Date of Register Entry
- 10/21/1912
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- Attested
- Menkaure
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- Remarks
- There was a core of another longer seal [DIAGRAM] but decayed
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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Reisner, George A., and William Stevenson Smith. The Tomb of Hetep-Heres the Mother of Cheops: a Study of Egyptian Civilization in the Old Kingdom. A History of the Giza Necropolis 2. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1955, p. 51, fig. 50.
Ancient People
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- Type Attested
- Remarks Fifth king of Dynasty 4. Son of Khafre. Husband of Khamerernebti II. Builder of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Known two thousand years later by the Greeks as King Mycerinus.
Name of this image
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- Heather ONeill heather@pixelsforhumans.com
- Nicholas Picardo npicardo@fas.harvard.edu
- Luke Hollis luke@archimedes.digital