Cylinder Seal with Cartouche of Amenemhat III and Hieroglyphs

ca. 1870-1550 BCE (Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate Period) H: 1 in. (2.5 cm) Citation

This cylinder seal is inscribed with the birth name of king Amenemhat III (Nimaatre) enclosed within a cartouche, along with an inscription to the god Henti-Het. This god came from a town in the Delta, and during the Middle Kingdom, Henti-Het had the body of the crocodile and...

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14614
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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