Digital Giza | Ivory button seal

Ivory button seal with frog [carved] on [back], seal incised on bottom, [two stick figure animals, perhaps crocodile and jackal]; pierced sidways. Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs

ID

HUMFA_12-11-2
Department

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification

Seals, sealings & stoppers
Findspot

Pit G 2320 (= G 5280) A, under skeleton
Material

Ivory
Dimensions

Length: 16 mm
Credit Line

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Object Ownership Information

MFA accession number: 13.3408
Period

First Intermediate Period
Date of Register Entry

11/01/1912
Problems/Questions

MFA accession number verified

G 5280
- Site Name Western Cemetery

A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix A: Cemetery en Échelon, Page ApxA 054
- ID: HUMFA_12-11-2
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Appendix A: Cemetery en Échelon, Page ApxA 054 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_12-11-2
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 12: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers: Miscellaneous Objects, Page 556
- ID: HUMFA_12-11-2
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 12: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers: Miscellaneous Objects, Page 556 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_12-11-2
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 13: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers: Miscellaneous Objects Continued, Page 646
- ID: HUMFA_12-11-2
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 13: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers: Miscellaneous Objects Continued, Page 646 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_12-11-2
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 13: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers: Miscellaneous Objects Continued, Page 671
- ID: HUMFA_12-11-2
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, Chapter 13: The Funerary Equipment Found in Burial Chambers: Miscellaneous Objects Continued, Page 671 (alternate version)
- ID: HUMFA_12-11-2
A History of the Giza Necropolis II, Unpublished 1942 Manuscript, GN2–Additional Material: Description of Addition to Cemetery en Échelon, Page AddCemEch 050
- ID: HUMFA_12-11-2

D'Auria, Sue, Peter Lacovara, and Catharine H. Roehrig. Mummies & Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1988, pp. 96-98, cat. 29.

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