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cylinder seal
Object Type
cylinder seal
Museum number
EA16774
Description
Ivory(bone?) cylinder seal inscribed with cartouche of Userkaf and epithets `beloved of the gods' and `beloved of Hathor'.
Cultures/periods
5th Dynasty
(?)
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Egypt
Materials
ivory
(?)
bone
(?)
Dimensions
Diameter:
1.11 centimetres
Height:
1.96 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject
royal
Curator's comments
PM III (2): 775
Location
Not on display
Condition
fair (chipped)
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Userkaf
Named in inscription:
Hathor
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Rev Greville John Chester
Acquisition date
1878
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA16774
Registration number
1878,1217.119