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Cylinder Seal with Cartouche of Amenemhat
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. 1650-1550 BCE).
Inscription
Provenance
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: 13/16 x W: 1/4 in. (2.1 x 0.7 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.
42.234