Wood stamp with handle
Rectangular wood stamp seal with Greek inscription.
Details
- ID
- HM_6-19689
- Alternate IDs
- 6-19689; HM_6-19689
- Department
- Hearst Museum, Berkeley
- Classification
- Seals, sealings & stoppers
- Entry Date
- 1903–1904
- Title
- Wood stamp with handle
- Medium
- Wood
- Dimensions
- 3.2 x 3.5 x 8.8 cm (1 1/4 x 1 3/8 x 3 7/16 in)
- Credit Line
- Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Hearst Egyptian Expedition
- Provenance
- Giza (provenance unknown) purchased
- Problems/Questions
- In the second line are two letters that look like Roman capital R, which is not a Greek letter. It is possibly to be read: SOITI<?>HEREROO. The first line might also be <?>SITI<?>, if the second letter (from the right, or from the left in the impression) is a lunate sigma. Or if both lines are in the Roman alphabet: <?>CITI<?>. If the round sign is a sigma or a C, then the first angle-bracket-looking sign can't be a (broken/worn) sigma. Not certain how the first line ends.