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Mud sealing with seal impressions

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple

Mud sealing; fragment of mud with impression of official seal of Sehetep-tauwy (Teti of Dynasty 6). [07-1-84]

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_07-1-84
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Seals, sealings & stoppers
  • Findspot
    Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / corridor 22)
  • Material
    Mud
  • Dimensions
    Overall: 0.8 x 1.8 x 2.1 cm (5/16 x 11/16 x 13/16 in.)
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Previous Number
    7-1-84
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Period
    Old Kingdom
  • Owner
    Teti
  • Notes
    This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1907: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
  • Remarks
    Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1907.

Tombs and Monuments 1

Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 19.

    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, fig. 56.

People 1

Ancient People

  • Teti

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks First king of Dynasty 6.