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Mud sealing with seal impressions

Mud seal with impression of [saHw-ra] Sahure, box sealing. Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs. Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_29-4-336
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Seals, sealings & stoppers
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7663 A, debris in chamber
  • Material
    Mud
  • Dimensions
    Width: 4 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA accession number: 29.2461
  • Date of Register Entry
    04/27/1929
  • Owner
    Sahure
  • Problems/Questions
    MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7663

    • Site Name Eastern 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Unpublished Documents 3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, p. 52, fig. 55.

People 1

Ancient People

  • Sahure

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