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cylinder seal
Object Type
cylinder seal
Museum number
EA16581
Description
Glazed steatite cylinder seal inscribed with the Horus name, Nebty name, Gold Horus name and nomen of Nofrusobek, and the epithet beloved of Sobek lord of Shedyt.
Cultures/periods
12th Dynasty
Production date
BC1799-1795
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Egypt
Materials
steatite
Technique
glazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
1.55 centimetres
Length:
4.42 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject
royal
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 2011 Mar-Oct, Dumwich Museum, The Dunwich Seal
Condition
fair
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Sobekneferu
Named in inscription:
Sobek
Associated places
Named in inscription:
Medinet el-Faiyum
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Robert James Hay
Acquisition date
1868
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA16581
Registration number
1868,1102.230