Cylinder Seal with Cartouche of Amenemhat

ca. 1985-1550 BCE (Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate Period)

0.7 cm 2.1 cm

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This stone seal is inscribed with the name Amenemhat in hieroglyphs enclosed within a cartouche. This was a popular birth name for kings during the 12th Dynasty (ca. 1985-1773 BCE), and seals with this royal name continued to be made through the Second Intermediate Period (ca....

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9282
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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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en
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0
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.234

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