Cylinder Seal


Hilton Price Number
HP359
Object Type
Scarab, seal, scaraboid, intaglio and similar objects, Seal, Cylinder seal
Material
Faience
Provenance
Egypt, Bubastis
Measurements
Length: 1 inch
Number of Elements
1
Culture
Egyptian
Animal
Unknown

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Description

Blue paste Cylinder, inscribed with figures of animals and the prenomen Men-χeper-Rā repeated twice. [HIEROGLYPHS]. L. 1 in. Bubastis.

Bibliography

Price, Frederick George Hilton (1897) A catalogue of the Egyptian antiquities in the possession of F. G. Hilton Price. London: Quaritch. Anonymous (1911). Catalogue of the important and extensive collection of Egyptian antiquities, the property of the late F. G. Hilton-Price, Esq. [...] : which will be sold by auction by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge [...] on Wednesday, 12th July, 1911, and two following days, and on Monday, the 17th of July, and four following days. London: Davy.

Language
Egyptian
Script
Hieroglyphic
Last modified: 04 Sep 2021
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