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Semi-spherical mud [sealing]; three rows of prisoners stamped on it; many winding holes of flax-cord inside.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1

Details

ID
HUMFA_33-2-151
Alternate IDs
33-2-151; HUMFA_33-2-151
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Seals, sealings & stoppers
Entry Date
02/05/1933
Title
Mud sealing with seal impressions
Medium
Mud
Dimensions
Height: 3 cm Diameter: 6.1 - 6.5 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 2200 (= G 5080) B, debris of chamber
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. 51, fig. 51.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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