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Cylinder Seal with the Names of King Sahure and Titles

Egyptian (Artist)

2487-2475 BCE (Old Kingdom, 5th dynasty)

silver
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )

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.

Inscription

[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

Provenance

**Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.**

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

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
5/28/1970	Treatment	cleaned; other

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Geographies

(Place of Origin) Egypt (Place of Discovery)

Measurements

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)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Egyptian Art

Accession Number

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57.1748

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Cylinder Seal with the Names of King Sahure and Titles

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Cylinder Seal with the Names of King Sahure and Titles

Inscription

Provenance Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

Conservation

Geographies

Measurements

Credit Line

Location in Museum

Accession Number In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

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Provenance

**Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.**

Accession Number

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