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Ancient Egyptian Artifacts

Historical fragments from ancient Egypt, including seal impressions and document sealings, showcasing inscriptions and artistic details from the New Kingdom.

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Document Sealing ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Document Sealing. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Mud. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, Southern rubbish mounds, MMA excavations, 1910-12. Dynasty 18Female Head. UnknownDocument Sealing With Multiple Seal Impressions ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Document Sealing With Multiple Seal Impressions. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Mud. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, MMA excavations, 1910-12; Possibly from King's Palace, East slope. Dynasty 18Document Sealing With the Throne Name of Amenhotep III ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Document Sealing With the Throne Name of Amenhotep III. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Mud. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, West Villas, West Villa B, MMA excavations, 1910-12. Dynasty 18Female Head. UnknownSealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560509Administrative Seal ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Administrative Seal 565821Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560321Document Sealing With Multiple Seal Impressions ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Document Sealing With Multiple Seal Impressions. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Mud. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, MMA excavations, 1910-12; Possibly from Southern rubbish mounds. Dynasty 18Document Sealing ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Document Sealing. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Mud. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, no exact location recorded, MMA excavations, 1910-12. Dynasty 18Document Sealing With Multiple Seal Impressions ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Document Sealing With Multiple Seal Impressions. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Mud. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, No exact find spot determined, MMA excavations, 1910-12. Dynasty 18Document Sealing with the Throne Name of Amenhotep III ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Document Sealing with the Throne Name of Amenhotep III. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Mud. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, King's Palace, West magazines, MMA excavations, 1910-12. Dynasty 18Document Sealing with the Throne Name of Amenhotep III ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Document Sealing with the Throne Name of Amenhotep III 590466Document Sealing With Multiple Seal Impressions ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Document Sealing With Multiple Seal Impressions. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Mud. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, No exact find spot determined, MMA excavations, 1910-12. Dynasty 18Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 557526Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing. ca. 2030-1640 B.C.. Clay (unfired). Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht South, Pyramid complex of Senwosret I, north temple gateway, MMA excavations, 1913-14. Dynasty 12-13Funerary Cone of Meryremetjef (Mery-remetjef) and His Wife Mut ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a sailor of the high priest of the god Amun named Mery-remetjef and his wife, the house mestress Mut. For another example of this impression see 30.6.173 and for a drawing see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 55.. Funerary Cone of Meryremetjef (Mery-remetjef) and His Wife Mut Funerary Cone of Meryremetjef (Mery-remetjef) and His Wife Mut ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a sailor of the high priest of the god Amun named Mery-remetjef and his wife, the house mestress Mut. For another example of this impression see 30.6.173 and for a drawing see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 55.. Funerary Cone of Meryremetjef (Mery-remetjef) and His Wife Mut. ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18Female Head Fragment. UnknownDocument Sealings With the Throne Name of Thutmose III ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom Two sealings from Malqata have partially preserved imipressions of a rectangular seal inscribed with the throne name of Thutmose III, the great-grandfather of Amenhotep III. The seal is dominated by the figure of a striding lion with a tail that curves up over his back. In front of the animal is a cartouche with the name Menkheperre. Hieroglyphs above the lion's back and between its legs record the royal epithets The Good (or Perfect) God, Lord of the Two Lands.The impression on this sealing preserves most of the lion, the hieroglyphs between his legs (Lord of the Two Lands), and most of the king's name, but the upper half of the impression has been flattened by someone's finger print.. Document Sealings With the Throne Name of Thutmose III. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Sun-dried mud. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, West Villas, West Villa B, MMA excavations, 1910-1912. Dynasty 18Female Head. UnknownSealing fragment ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing fragment 565842Female Head. UnknownHooded Female Head. UnknownDocument Sealing With Multiple Seal Impressions ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Document Sealing With Multiple Seal Impressions. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Mud. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, MMA excavations, 1910-12; Presumably from West Villas, West Villa B. Dynasty 18Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560451Female Head. UnknownSealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 546567Unattributed Trebizond Coin. UnknownHuman Head. UnknownFemale Head. UnknownSealing ca. 7th century A.D. Sasanian. Sealing 323366Document Sealing With Multiple Seal Impressions ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Document Sealing With Multiple Seal Impressions. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Mud. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, No exact find spot determined, MMA excavations, 1910-12. Dynasty 18Human Head. UnknownDocument Sealing ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Document Sealing. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Mud. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, King's Palace, West magazine, MMA excavations, 1910-12. Dynasty 18Funerary Cone of Sen ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a man named Sen who was overseer of southern foreign lands and also had the title king's son. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 342.. Funerary Cone of Sen Funerary Cone of Sen ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a man named Sen who was overseer of southern foreign lands and also had the title king's son. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 342.. Funerary Cone of Sen. ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, surface find, MMA excavations, 1920. Dynasty 18Tessera (Game Counter). UnknownDocument Sealing With the Throne Name of Amenhotep III ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Document Sealing With the Throne Name of Amenhotep III. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Mud. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, King's Palace, West magazine, MMA excavations, 1910-12. Dynasty 18Document Sealing With the Throne Name of Amenhotep III ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Document Sealing With the Throne Name of Amenhotep III. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Mud. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, King's Palace, West magazine, MMA excavations, 1910-12. Dynasty 18Fragment of the Lower Edge of Siptah's Canopic Chest ca. 1194-1188 B.C. New Kingdom, Ramesside. Fragment of the Lower Edge of Siptah's Canopic Chest 561303Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 557524A hand from a coffin ca. 1295-1070 B.C. New Kingdom, Ramesside or later. A hand from a coffin. ca. 1295-1070 B.C.. Wood, stucco, paint. New Kingdom, Ramesside or later. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North. Dyn. 19 - 20 or laterOrnament Korea. Ornament. Korea. Bronze with remains of gilt. Goryeo dynasty (918-1392). MetalworkFemale Head. UnknownWall casing 664-610 B.C. Late Period, Saite see 23.3.468. Wall casing. 664-610 B.C.. Limestone. Late Period, Saite. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Nespekashuty (TT 312, MMA 509), Undetermined, MMA excavations, 1922-23. Dynasty 26Unattributed Trebizond Coin. UnknownCoin. UnknownCoin A.H. 366-87/A.D. 976-97. Coin. A.H. 366-87/A.D. 976-97. Copper. Excavated in Iran, Nishapur. CoinsDocument Sealing With the Throne Name of Amenhotep III ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Document Sealing With the Throne Name of Amenhotep III. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Mud. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, King's Palace, West magazine, MMA excavations, 1910-12. Dynasty 18Mold of a Small Bust. UnknownFunerary Cone of Pa-Aten ca. 1550-1352 B.C. New Kingdom See 09.185.11.. Funerary Cone of Pa-Aten. ca. 1550-1352 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna. Dynasty 18Raised relief fragment 664-610 B.C. Late Period, Saite see 23.3.468. Raised relief fragment 548024Sunk relief fragment 664-610 B.C. Late Period, Saite see 23.3.468. Sunk relief fragment. 664-610 B.C.. Limestone, varnish. Late Period, Saite. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Nespekashuty (TT 312, MMA 509), Lunette, 2nd chamber, MMA excavations, 1922-23. Dynasty 26Button. UnknownDocument Sealing With the Throne Name of Amenhotep III ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Document Sealing With the Throne Name of Amenhotep III. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Mud. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, King's Palace, West magazine, MMA excavations, 1910-12. Dynasty 18Toe and Sole of a Shoe Made 1501-1600 England. .Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 565407Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560435Black Clay Bulla. UnknownFemale Head. UnknownDocument Sealing ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Document Sealing. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Mud. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, King's Palace, East magazine, MMA excavations, 1910-12. Dynasty 18Sealing ca. 7th century A.D. Sasanian. Sealing 323427Funerary Cone of Nentaweref ca. 1550-1352 B.C. New Kingdom. Funerary Cone of Nentaweref. ca. 1550-1352 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna. Dynasty 18Magical Figure ca. 1802-1550 B.C. Late Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate Period These tablets of unfired clay with attached crude faces were found as a group by the Museum's excavators at Lisht South in loose surface sand west of the mastaba of Senwosretankh, a high official and possibly the architect of the pyramid complex of Senwosret I (ca. 1961-1917 B. C.), east of which he erected his own very elaborate mastaba tomb (see acc. nos. 33.1.2 and other pieces). The mud figures and little coffin (acc. no. 33.1.66) that had contained some of them must have been buried, however, considerably later than the early twelfth dynasty tomb close to which they were found. In fact, during the thirteenth and following dynasties people deposited a number of objects in the by then sacred area around a legendary ruler's pyramid and its dependant monuments, believing conceivably that potent magical powers could thus be released. These flat mud figures, for instance, are inscribed in now much-faded redFunerary Cone of the Goldsmith Nebseny ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom This funerary cone is stamped with a seal inscribed for a man named Nebseny who was chief goldsmith of Amun. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 266. Another example of the same seal is on cone 30.6.96.. Funerary Cone of the Goldsmith Nebseny Funerary Cone of the Goldsmith Nebseny ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom This funerary cone is stamped with a seal inscribed for a man named Nebseny who was chief goldsmith of Amun. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 266. Another example of the same seal is on cone 30.6.96.. Funerary Cone of the Goldsmith Nebseny. ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18Female Head. UnknownRelief fragment ca. 6th-8th century A.D. Sasanian or Islamic. Relief fragment 322679Human Head. UnknownCoin 5th-14th century. Coin. 5th-14th century. Copper. Excavated in Iran, Nishapur. CoinsSealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 565401Attic Black-Figure Siana Cup Fragment. UnknownCoin ca. 790. Coin 457700Fragment North America (British Columbia). Fragment. North America (British Columbia). Nephrite. JadeOffering list stela ca. 1353-1336 B.C. New Kingdom, Amarna Period. Offering list stela 577107Funerary Cone Naming a Butler of the God's Hand Amenirdis Daughter of Kashta ca. 740-700 B.C. Third Intermediate Period. Funerary Cone Naming a Butler of the God's Hand Amenirdis Daughter of Kashta. ca. 740-700 B.C.. Pottery. Third Intermediate Period. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Khokha, Tomb MMA 1, forecourt, MMA excavations, 1911. Dynasty 25 (Kushite)Sherd ca. mid-3rd millennium B.C.. Sherd 326105Arch Fragment ca. 1130-40 Catalan. Arch Fragment. Catalan. ca. 1130-40. Marble. Made in present-day France. Sculpture-ArchitecturalSealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing. ca. 2030-1640 B.C.. Clay (unfired). Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht South, Pyramid complex of Senwosret I, north temple gateway, MMA excavations, 1913-14. Dynasty 12-13Loom-Weight. UnknownIshizara Plate with Design of Willow Branch late 18th-early 19th century Japan. Ishizara Plate with Design of Willow Branch 63647Statuette attachment, headress 30 B.C.-A.D. 364 Roman Period. Statuette attachment, headress. 30 B.C.-A.D. 364. Travertine (Egyptian alabaster). Roman Period. From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), EEF excavations 1896-97Fragment wylewu amfory i imadła ze stemplem. Protos I lub II (ca 285-ca 210 a.C.), potter's workshopAttic Vase Fragment. UnknownBliżej Kultury Władysław Jagiełło (CA 1351 1434), Mint of KrakówFemale Head. UnknownHead with Wreath. UnknownFragmentary Stamnoid Krater. UnknownBowl with Tendril Frieze. UnknownFunerary Cone ca. 1425-1400 B.C. New Kingdom. Funerary Cone. ca. 1425-1400 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18Coin 790. Coin. 790. Copper. Excavated in Iran, Nishapur. CoinsCoin 8th-9th century. Coin. 8th-9th century. Copper. Excavated in Iran, Nishapur. CoinsBracelet with lion's-head terminals ca. 8th-7th century B.C. Iran. Bracelet with lion's-head terminals. Iran. ca. 8th-7th century B.C.. Iron. Iron Age III. Western IranSealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing. ca. 1981-1640 B.C.. Mud. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, Cemetery, MMA excavations, 1920-22. Dynasty 12-13Relief fragment, tomb of Meketre ca. 1981-1975 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Relief fragment, tomb of Meketre. ca. 1981-1975 B.C.. Limestone, paint. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Southern Asasif, Tomb of Meketre (TT 280, MMA 1101), MMA excavations, 1920. Dynasty 12Relief fragment, tomb of Meketre ca. 1981-1975 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Relief fragment, tomb of Meketre. ca. 1981-1975 B.C.. Limestone, paint. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Southern Asasif, Tomb of Meketre (TT 280, MMA 1101), MMA excavations, 1920. Dynasty 12Oblong Basket and Lid ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom. Oblong Basket and Lid. ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Palm fiber, split reed (). New Kingdom. From Egypt; Possibly from Southern Upper Egypt, Armant (Iuny, Hermonthis). Dynasty 18Canosan Oinochoe Fragment. Unknown about 300 B.C.Maska sarkofagowa. unknown, authorBowl 9th century. Bowl 447463Roman Remains from Kirkby Thore, UK, England, engraving 1870s, BritainChild's Shoe Made 1501-1600 England. Leather with strap and slashes toe .