Cylinder Seal with Cartouches of Amenemhat III and Hieroglyphs

ca. 1831-1550 BCE (Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate Period)

1 cm 4.2 cm

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This cylinder seal is inscribed with the throne name (Nimaatra) and the birth name (Amenemhat) of king Amenemhat III (ca. 1831-1786 BCE). Seals inscribed with the name Amenemhat III continued to be made after this king's reign through the Second Intermediate Period (ca. 1650-1...

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10555
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Joseph Abemayor, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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0
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.235

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