Skip to main content

Fragments of two or three mud seals; impressions of cylinder seal with name of Khafre; one nearly complete.
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs

Details

ID
HUMFA_13-12-4
Alternate IDs
HUMFA_13-12-4; 13-12-4
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Seals, sealings & stoppers
Period
Old Kingdom
Entry Date
12/04/1913
Title
Fragments of mud sealings with seal impressions
Medium
Mud
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 4430 A
Bibliography
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. 128. Reisner, George A. A History of the Giza Necropolis 1. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942, p. 487, fig. 295. 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. 50, fig. 49 (mislabeled 13-2-4).
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

Tombs and Monuments 1

Photos 8

Ancient People 1

Unpublished Documents 2