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Ancient Egyptian Seals

A collection of ancient sealing impressions from the Middle and New Kingdoms of Egypt, showcasing intricate designs and historical significance.

Document 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 18
Document 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 18
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Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560335Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 565360Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 565782Document 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 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 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, MMA excavations, 1910-12; Presumably from West Villas, West Villa B. Dynasty 18Sealing fragment ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing fragment 565843Document 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 18Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 557521Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 546584Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 546568Female Head. UnknownRed-Brown Clay Seal. UnknownSealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 565866Document 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 18Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 559505Light Brown Clay Seal. 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 18Fragment imadła amfory ze stemplem. Hieron II (ok. 152-133 p.n.e.), potter's workshopDocument 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 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. 7th century A.D. Sasanian. Sealing 323433Administrative Seal ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Administrative Seal 565817Document 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 18Female Head. UnknownVotive Plaque 15th-17th century Tibet (Central Asia). Votive Plaque 40049Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 565766Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 546597Female Head. UnknownRaised relief fragment. Dimensions: 7.2 / 0.5 x 7.1 x 7.4. Dynasty: Dynasty 26. Reign: reign of Psamtik I. Date: 664-610 B.C.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Sealing fragment ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing fragment. ca. 2030-1640 B.C.. Clay (unfired). Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht South, South of the tomb of Imhotep, north of the royal causeway, MMA excavations, 1930-31. Dynasty 12-13Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 557545Sealing fragment ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing fragment 565838Crown with discs and frontlet or rear edging. Dimensions: H. 15 × W. 8 × max Th. 2.5 cm (5 7/8 × 3 1/8 × 1 in.). Dynasty: Dynasty 18. Reign: reign of Akhenaten. Date: ca. 1353-1336 B.C.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Female Head. UnknownSealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560305Female Head. UnknownFragment North America (Washington State). Fragment 43559Funerary Cone of the High Priest of Amun Hapuseneb ca. 1479-1458 B.C. New Kingdom. Funerary Cone of the High Priest of Amun Hapuseneb. ca. 1479-1458 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tombs TT 65 and TT 66, forecourt, MMA excavations, 1914. Dynasty 18Fragment wylewu i imadła amfory ze stemplem. unknown, potter's workshopFragment stemplowanego imadła amfory. Apaturios III (ca 255-ca 205 a.C.), potter's workshopFragmentary Loom-Weight. UnknownFemale Head. UnknownUnattributed Trebizond Coin. 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 18Female Head Fragment. UnknownFunerary Cone of the House Mistress Sitamun ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom. Funerary Cone of the House Mistress Sitamun. ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Khokha, Tomb of Nebamun and Ipuky (TT 181), courtyard and nearby, MMA excavations, 1910. Dynasty 18Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560384Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560506Sherd ca. 1500-1000 B.C. Iran This sherd is made of a red clay, with brown painted decoration. It is typical of Yaz I ceramics from Turkmenistan, dating to ca. 1500-1000 B.C. It was excavated in 1937 at a prehistoric site in the vicinity of Nishapur in northeastern Iran. While Nishapur itself was founded by the Sasanian king Shapur I (reigned ca. A.D. 241-272), this sherd shows that human habitation there goes back to the prehistoric period. Furthermore, the prehistoric pottery from Nishapur has close affinities with ceramic materials from Central Asia rather than with contemporary sites in Iran, meaning that in this period its inhabitants were likely culturally linked to their neighbors to the east. At the same time, Nishapurs location on what later became known as the Great Khorasan Road suggests that it was part of the trade network that facilitated the import of precious stones such as lapis lazuli, carnelian and turquoise from Central Asia to Mesopotamia.. Sherd 323653upper left arm and elbow with Aten cartouches ca. 1353-1336 B.C. New Kingdom, Amarna Period. upper left arm and elbow with Aten cartouches 549690Sealing ca. 7th century A.D. Sasanian. Sealing 323386Document 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 18Sealing ca. 7th century A.D. Sasanian. Sealing 323453Relief fragment ca. 6th-8th century A.D. Sasanian or Islamic. Relief fragment 322682Funerary Cone ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom. Funerary Cone. ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18Offering table, Aten cartouche ca. 1353-1336 B.C. New Kingdom, Amarna Period. Offering table, Aten cartouche 549661Attic Red-Figure Vase Fragment. UnknownCoin 8th-9th century. Coin 457550Herma Báquica. Fundació Maurí, La Garriga.Funerary Cone of the Overseer of Cattle Iky ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a steward and overseer of cattle named Iky who was also overseer of the priests (prophets) of Montu. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 498.. Funerary Cone of the Overseer of Cattle Iky Funerary Cone of the Overseer of Cattle Iky ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a steward and overseer of cattle named Iky who was also overseer of the priests (prophets) of Montu. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 498.. Funerary Cone of the Overseer of Cattle Iky. ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18Sealing ca. 7th century A.D. Sasanian. Sealing 323355Engraved Gem. UnknownSealing ca. 7th century A.D. Sasanian. Sealing. Sasanian. ca. 7th century A.D.. Un-baked clay. Sasanian. Iran, Qasr-i Abu NasrSealing 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 12-13Coin dated 367 AH/977-78 CE This coin was found and purchased in Nishapur.Nishapur was a vital city in the early and middle Islamic periods, located along one of the main trajectories that connected Iran and West Asia Islamic lands with Central Asia and China. These itineraries are often referred to by the term Silk routes’ but were in fact crucial to the movement of constellations of materials and objects, as well as people and ideas. The diverse population of Nishapur and its surroundings, from the better-researched elite groups of merchants, land-owning aristocracy, and literates, to the less-known artisans, farmers, miners, and servants, were instrumental in adapting global cultural trends to create their own distinctive visual languages. This is seen in the material remains of everyday life in medieval Nishapur - from pots and pans to lighting devices, inkwells, textiles and trimmings, jewelry, games and toys, talismanic devices, weapons, coins, and architectural fragments.NishapFemale Head. UnknownFragment with Aten cartouches and raised border ca. 1353-1336 B.C. New Kingdom, Amarna Period. Fragment with Aten cartouches and raised border 550025Fragment imadła amfory ze stemplem. unknown, potter's workshopFemale Figure. UnknownTile China. Tile 51986Naoum Aronson (1872-1943). Medal plate. Children. Metal, bronze. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 58760-4 Obverse, bronze, child, medal, metal, numismatics, plateAttic Red-Figure Kylix Fragment.Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560474Head with Melon Coiffure. UnknownPlaque China. Plaque. China. Jade. JadeCorner marquee with water leaves and abacus exchange, unknown provenance, second half of the 12th century (Cat 179) Anonymous. Chapter of angle with water leaves and barbecued abacus, unknown provenance, second half of the twelfth century (Cat 179). Pierre.Jar sealing ca. 2649-2100 B.C. Old Kingdom. Jar sealing. ca. 2649-2100 B.C.. Mud or clay. Old Kingdom. From Egypt. Dynasty 4Sealing ca. 7th century A.D. Sasanian. Sealing 323394Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 546571Female Head. UnknownSealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560401Female Head. UnknownMINERAL-CUARZO CRIPTOCRISTALINO - CRISOPRASA - TIPO CALCEDONIA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPANIEN.Bell ca. 300 B.C.-A.D. 200 Thailand (Ban Chiang). Bell 37722Prehistory, Bulgaria, Eneolithic. Ceramic bowl with inscriptions. From Gradesnica.Fired clay jar sealing. Dimensions: H: 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.). Dynasty: Dynasty 1. Reign: reign of Aha. Date: ca. 3100 B.C.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Unattributed Trebizond Coin. UnknownFemale Head. UnknownCoin late 11th century. Coin. late 11th century. Copper. Excavated in Iran, Nishapur. CoinsFunerary Cone of a Scribe of the Offering Table and Butler Named Nebamun. ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom. Funerary Cone of a Scribe of the Offering Table and Butler Named Nebamun.. ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18Head of a Boy(). UnknownRelief fragment, tomb of Meketre ca. 1981-1975 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Relief fragment, tomb of Meketre 562082Offering table fragment with cartouche and epithets of Aten ca. 1353-1336 B.C. New Kingdom, Amarna Period. Offering table fragment with cartouche and epithets of Aten 567650Sealing ca. 7th century A.D. Sasanian. Sealing 323420Bell 1st century A.D. Italian (Ancient Roman). Bell 502510Górny fragment węgara. warsztat nubijski, workshopDocument 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 18Sealing ca. 7th century A.D. Sasanian. Sealing 323354