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Mud sealing with seal impressions

Mud sealing with cylinder seal impressions, [including name of Niuserre, and possibly Sahure]; from flat surface with flat raised disc, covered knot of a string, apparently on top of cylinder jar (alabaster) with small disc cover. Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs. Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_15-12-19
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Seals, sealings & stoppers
  • Findspot
    Pit G 4715 B, debris in chamber
  • Material
    Mud
  • Dimensions
    Width: 5 cm Length: 6 cm Thickness: 2 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date of Register Entry
    12/05/1915
  • Owner
    Niuserre
    Sahure

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 4715

    • 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Unpublished Documents 3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, pp. 52, 56, fig. 54.

People 2

Ancient People

  • Niuserre

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks King of Dynasty 5.

  • Sahure

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks Second king of Dynasty 5. Horus name: [nbxaw] Nebkhau; other names: [sAHwra] Sahure