Digital Giza | Mud sealing with seal impressions

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 4631

Mud seal tied with string on wood; [seal impressions contain name of Userkaf]; almost complete.
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs

ID: HUMFA_14-1-34
Alternate IDs: HUMFA_14-1-34; 14-1-34
Department: Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification: Seals, sealings & stoppers
Period: Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, reign of Userkaf
Entry Date: 01/10/1914
Title: Mud sealing with seal impressions
Medium: Mud
Credit Line: Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance: Pit G 4631 B, chamber
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. 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.
Problems/Questions: MFA accession number verified

Mud sealing with seal impressions