Cylinder Seal with Offering Scene and Hieroglyphs

ca. 2960-2649 BCE (Early Dynastic)

1.1 cm 1.3 cm

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This seal depicts a figure seated, arms extended, in front of an offering table topped with bread. Two quadrupeds, possibly dogs, stand behind the figure. The seal is inscribed with early hieroglyphic signs on either side of the figure. Some signs are identifiable but currentl...

Artifact

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27487
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object
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normalized
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provenance
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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CC0
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en
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8
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