Cylinder Seal with the Names of King Sahure and Titles

2487-2475 BCE (Old Kingdom, 5th dynasty) Overall H: 1 7/16 in. (3.66 cm); Inner Diam: 5/16 in. (0.74 cm); Outer Diam: 5/8 in. (1.57 cm) Citation Source image

This silver cylinder seal features the royal titulary of King Sahure, the second king of the Fifth Dynasty (ca. 2487-2475 BCE). The inscription includes four serekhs with his Horus name (Nebkhau), his Nebti name (Nebkhau), his Golden Horus name (Bikwy-Nebu), and one cartouche...

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12274
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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10
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