Description
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907–08
Medium:Mud
Dimensions:L. 2.5 cm (1 in.); W. 2 cm (13/16 in.)
Credit Line:Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1909
Accession Number:09.184.261
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 122
This mud sealing has been stamped with the official seal of the Theban necropolis, a jackal over nine bound captives.
Period:New Kingdom
Dynasty:Dynasty 18
Reign:reign of Tutankhamun
Date:ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54), Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907–08
Medium:Mud
Dimensions:L. 2.5 cm (1 in.); W. 2 cm (13/16 in.)
Credit Line:Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1909
Accession Number:09.184.261
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 122
This mud sealing has been stamped with the official seal of the Theban necropolis, a jackal over nine bound captives.
Source
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/560680
Date
1909 (accession date)
Original Format
photo
Photo
Citation
Citation
“Fragmentary Impression of the Necropolis Seal from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache,” The Emma B. Andrews Diary Project, accessed November 22, 2024, http://emmabandrews.org/project/items/show/224.