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plaque
Object Type
plaque
Museum number
EA30554
Description
Glazed steatite oval plaque inscribed on one side with the name of Mau Sehetepibra, the Trusted Treasurer and Overseer of the North Land, and decorated with volutes, longitudinally pierced, the other side inscribed with hieroglyphs and decorated with three double volutes.
Cultures/periods
Middle Kingdom
(late)
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Saqqara (Memphis)
Materials
steatite
Technique
glazed
Dimensions
Height:
0.85 centimetres
Length:
0.32 centimetres
Width:
1.95 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Martin 1971 / Egyptian administrative and private-name seals, principally of the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
(cat no.1637, pl.46.12)
Location
Not on display
Condition
fair
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Mau/Sehetepib
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Rev Chauncey Murch
Acquisition date
1899
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA30554
Registration number
1899,0311.60