Cylinder Seal with Pseudo-Hieroglyphs

3000-2649 BCE or modern (Early Dynastic or modern)

0.8 cm 2.5 cm

Citation

This wooden cylinder seal is inscribed with pseudo-hieroglyphic script that is not Egyptian. The unusual coating on the surface of this seal may also indicate modern manufacturing.

कलाकृति/वस्तु

id
id
23325
contentType
contentType
object
stage
stage
normalized
provenance
provenance
Joseph Abemayor, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
rightsUri
rightsUri
CC0
language
language
en
pageCount
pageCount
0
source
source
import
Source image fields (2)
imageCount 0
sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.230

Terms

संस्कृति
Egyptian
माध्यम
wood
विधा
cylinder seals

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