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{
    "localId": "12274",
    "label": "Cylinder Seal with the Names of King Sahure and Titles",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1748"
}

{
    "id": "12274",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1748",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "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)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1748",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "cylinder seals"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_57.1748_Top_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_57.1748_Top_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_57.1748_Top_DD_RS2009.jpg",
    "imageCount": 10,
    "pageCount": 10,
    "source": "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)"
}

{
    "cul": "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)",
    "med": "silver",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6182"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EGY"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 10,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL9_57.1748_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "mediaId": "ecf7d023b1293f78"
}