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ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Cylinder Seal Inscribed for Khufu

AAT Object Form/Functiongems (worked stones)

AAT Object Form/Functioncylinder seals

AAT Object Techniqueinscribing

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodOld Kingdom, Dynasty 4, Reign of Khufu

Date2509-2483 BCE

MediumSteatite

Credit LineGift of Sands of Time Antiquities

Dimensions5/8 × 1/2 × 1/4 in. (1.6 × 1.3 × 0.6 cm)

Object number2006.033.001

Exhibition HistoryFrom Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, 2006 - August 15, 2011
Life and Death in the Pyramid Age: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 10 - December 11, 2011
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, February 2012 - Present

ProvenanceWith Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Washington DC.

Status

On view

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