Mud sealing with seal impressions

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2300 = G 5190, G 2375

Mud seal; flat under-side as if on wood box, marks of strings and knot; impressions of cylinder seal, [GLYPHS]. Illustration: No

ID

HUMFA_13-1-529
Department

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification

Seals, sealings & stoppers
Findspot

Pit G 2375 A
Material

Mud
Dimensions

Diameter: 3.8 cm
Credit Line

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Object Ownership Information

MFA accession number: 13.5137
Date of Register Entry

01/10/1913
Owner

Isesi
Remarks

Djedkare, Userkare II, and Merenre I and Pepi II barred by date of construction (GAR 1935), certainly Hordjedkhau by final date of construction (GAR 1938). Djedkare Isesi (Horus name: [Dd-xaw] Djedkhau) and Neferefre (Horus name: [nfr-xaw] Neferkhau) contested as possible reconstructions of names on sealing in Giza Necropolis 2 (p. 53), Merenre (Horus name: [anx-xaw] Ankhkhau) or Pepi II (Horus name: [nTr-xaw] Netjerkhau) are suggested instead.
Problems/Questions

MFA accession number verified

G 2375
- Site Name Western Cemetery

Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 87.

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, pp. 53-54, fig. 57.

Ancient People

Isesi
- Type Owner
- Remarks King of Dynasty 5. Horus name: [Dd-xaw] Djedkhau; other names: [Dd-kA-ra] Djedkare, [jssj] Isesi