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Mud sealing with seal impressions

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2200 = G 5080, G 2130, G 5140

Mud sealing (cf. 33-2-151); at least four impressions of Horus name which seems to be Shepsesykhet [(Shepseshet)]. Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_33-2-223
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Seals, sealings & stoppers
  • Findspot
    Pit G 2200 (= G 5080) [B], chamber
  • Material
    Mud
  • Dimensions
    Height: 4.5 cm Width: 3 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 33.1117
  • Date of Register Entry
    02/02/1932?
  • Mentioned on page
    Shepseskaf
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 5080

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 1

Unpublished Documents 4

Full Bibliography

  • Kanawati, Naguib. Tombs at Giza. Seshathetep/Heti (G 5150), Nesutnefer (G 4970) and Seshemnefer II (G 5080), Volume 2. Australian Centre for Egyptology Report 18. Warminster: Aris and Phillips, 2002, p. 56.

    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.

People 1

Ancient People

  • Shepseskaf

    • Type Mentioned on page
    • Remarks Last king of Dynasty 4. Son of Menkaure. Horus name: [SpsXt] Shepseskhet.