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Mud sealing with seal impressions

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

Mud sealing; lump of mud with round top, flat bottom with marks of double strings crossing at right angles and marks of two knots (was attached to wooden surface, door or box), covered with seal impressions in which lower part of frame of Horus- name visible, perhaps Iset-ib-tauwy (Niuserre). [07-1-81]

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_07-1-81
  • 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: 6.5 x 2.3 cm (2 9/16 x 7/8 in.)
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Period
    Old Kingdom
  • Owner
    Niuserre
  • 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.

People 1

Ancient People

  • Niuserre

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks King of Dynasty 5.