Mud sealing with seal impressions
Mud seal tied with string on wood; [seal impressions contain name of Userkaf]; almost complete. Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs
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- ID
- HUMFA_14-1-34
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- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Classification
- Seals, sealings & stoppers
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- Findspot
- Pit G 4631 B, chamber
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- Material
- Mud
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- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
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- Object Ownership Information
- MFA accession number: 14.987
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- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, reign of Userkaf
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- Date of Register Entry
- 01/10/1914
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- Owner
- Userkaf
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- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
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- Site Name Western Cemetery
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Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 134.
Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 498.
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. 51, fig. 53.
Ancient People
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- Type Owner
- Remarks First king of Dynasty 5. Horus name: [jrjmAat] Irymaat.