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Mud seal from box; over impressd so that whole seal not recoverable, but once clearly [GLYPHS] Niuserre (Dynasty 5).
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs

Details

ID
HUMFA_25-1-963
Alternate IDs
25-1-963; HUMFA_25-1-963
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Seals, sealings & stoppers
Entry Date
01/18/1925
Title
Mud sealing with seal impressions
Medium
Mud
Dimensions
Diameter: 4.3 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 7112 A
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. 53, fig. 52. Simpson, William Kelly. The Mastabas of Kawab, Khafkhufu I and II. Giza Mastabas 3. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1978, pp. 30, 31.
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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