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Fragment of mud sealing with seal impressions

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1457

[One of] three inscribed fragments of mud sealings: b) hard mud with one impression on face and string impression on back. Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs. Illustration scale: 2:1

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_34-12-8b
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Seals, sealings & stoppers
  • Findspot
    Pit G 1457 A, debris of burial chamber
  • Material
    Mud
  • Dimensions
    Width: 1.8 cm Length: 2.2 cm Thickness: .4 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/12/1934

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 1457

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Unpublished Documents 3

Full Bibliography

  • 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. 50 (misidentified as 34-12-28), fig. 50.