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Cylinder Seal with Incised Net Pattern
ca. 2649-2100 BCE (Old Kingdom-First Intermediate Period)
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This cylinder seal is decorated with incised lines that represent netting and organic material. It was possibly used in funerary execration rituals, which were meant to keep harmful forces out of a burial.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Joseph Abemayor, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 9/16 x W: 2 3/8 in. (1.5 x 6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
42.233