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Fragment of mud sealing with seal impressions

Object register page:

Fragment of mud seal; inscribed [GLYPHS] [Hr jr-mAat], [Horus name of] Userkaf; complete, string marks. Illustration: No

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_14-4-20
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Seals, sealings & stoppers
  • Findspot
    G 4520 b (= published G 4520 A), chamber
  • Material
    Mud
  • Dimensions
    Height: 2.2 cm Width: 3.6 cm Length: 4.8 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date of Register Entry
    04/04/1914
  • Owner
    Userkaf

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4520

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 3

Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 507.

    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. 52, fig. 54.

People 1

Ancient People

  • Userkaf

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks First king of Dynasty 5. Horus name: [jrjmAat] Irymaat.