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Source Description
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 encircling his birth name (Sahure). The seal is also inscribed with the titles of a high official, including “overseer of the leather workers.” This cylinder might have come from Abusir where the king built his pyramid and most likely his unexcavated sun temple.
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Document identity
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12274
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Cylinder Seal with the Names of King Sahure and Titles
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12274
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title
Cylinder Seal with the Names of King Sahure and Titles
description
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 encircling his birth name (Sahure). The seal is also inscribed with the titles of a high official, including “overseer of the leather workers.” This cylinder might have come from Abusir where the king built his pyramid and most likely his unexcavated sun temple.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
2487-2475 BCE (Old Kingdom, 5th dynasty)
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CC0
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en
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Gold, Silver & Jewelry
cylinder seals
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10
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10
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import
dimensionsRaw
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)
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Egyptian
inscriptions
[Inscription
Egyptian; Transliteration] 1. Hr nb-xaw (Hr-stX nswt-zmA-tAwy) 2. Xkr-HA.t-nb-xaw-sxmtj nbti wAD.t 3. Hr nb-xaw nTr-aA (nsw.t-spH-ngA) 4. irr-wD.t bkwy-nbw xrp-gs.w mDH-wr.t jmi-ra-gs.w Xr.t-a-nsw.t 5. Hr nb-xaw nTr-aA 6. Xnm-nb-xaw-nbtj m anx wAs ra-nb mr-nTr ra-nb 7. Hr nb-xaw nTr[aA] (nswt-tj-xAsw.t ?) 8. sHtp-jb nsw.t-bjtj sAHw-ra [Translation] 1. Horus: Nebkhau (crowned by Horus and Seth) 2. Adorner of the brow of the double crown
the Two Ladies
Wadjet: Nebkhau 3. Horus: Nebkhau
great god (lassoing the cattle) 4. One who does what the Golden Horus
Bek-wi Nebu
commands; director of the leather-workers; fashioner/overseers of the wrt-crown(?); overseer of the leather-workers; royal assistant 5. Horus: Nebkhau
great god 6. Wearer of the crown of the Two Ladies(?)
Nebkhau
through life
power
everyday; beloved of the god
everyday 7. Horus: Nebkhau
great god (who slays the enemy) 8. One who satisfies the heart
lord of the two lands: Sahure
dynasty
5th Dynasty
reign
Sahure (2496-2483 BC)
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silver
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