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Ancient Seals Collection

A series of ancient sealing fragments from the Middle Kingdom. The artifacts exhibit textured surfaces with historical inscriptions and patterns.

Fragmentary Attic Red-Figure Pyxis; Athens, Greece; about 380 B.C; Terracotta; 4.5 × 4.5 cm (1 3,4 × 1 3,4 in.)
Fragmentary Attic Red-Figure Pyxis; Athens, Greece; about 380 B.C; Terracotta; 4.5 × 4.5 cm (1 3,4 × 1 3,4 in.)
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Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560395Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560409Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560396Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 546552Sealing fragment ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing fragment 565833Sealing 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 12-13Fragmentary Attic Red-Figure Pyxis; Athens, Greece; about 380 B.C; Terracotta; 4.5 × 4.5 cm (1 3,4 × 1 3,4 in.)Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 565354Female Head. UnknownSealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560331Fragment of a Feathered Wing. 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, Southern rubbish mounds, MMA excavations, 1910-12. Dynasty 18Female Head. UnknownUnattributed Trebizond Coin. UnknownFemale Head. UnknownUnattributed Trebizond Coin. UnknownSealing ca. 7th century A.D. Sasanian. Sealing 323444Figurine Fragment. UnknownSealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560490Unattributed Trebizond Coin. UnknownMouth amulet 305-30 B.C. Ptolemaic Period. Mouth amulet. 305-30 B.C.. Gold foil. Ptolemaic Period. From EgyptFigurine Fragment: Leg and Drapery. UnknownSealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 565879Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560454Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 558566Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560524Document 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 Southern rubbish mounds. Dynasty 18Female Head. UnknownLeft Arm of a Statuette; Roman Empire; 1st - 2nd century; Bronze; 24.5 cm (9 5,8 in.)Attic Red-Figure Astragalos Fragment. Attributed to Syriskos (Greek (Attic), active 480 - 460 B.C.)Unattributed Trebizond Coin. UnknownFemale Head. UnknownFemale Head. UnknownRelief 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 12Attic Red-Figure Stamnos Fragment. Kleophrades Painter (Greek (Attic), active 505 - 475 B.C.)Fragment of an Attic Red-Figure Cup. UnknownAttic Black-Figure Amphora Fragment. 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, West Villas, West Villa B, MMA excavations, 1910-12. Dynasty 18Sealing fragment ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing fragment 565737Relief 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 12Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560383Document 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, East slope, MMA excavations, 1910-12. Dynasty 18Instrument. UnknownSealing ca. 7th century A.D. Sasanian. Sealing 323430Ring; second half of 6th century B.C; Silver; 2.1 cm, 0.0021 kg (13,16 in., 0.0046 lb.)Fragmentary Stamnoid Krater. UnknownCoin 5th-14th century. Coin. 5th-14th century. Copper. Excavated in Iran, Nishapur. CoinsBowl ca. 3rd-7th century A.D. Sasanian. Bowl 322803Attic Vase Fragment. UnknownSealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560414Lazio Latina Sezze Antiquarium Comunale00. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.Ingot with Hittite hieroglyphs ca. 14th-13th century B.C. Hittite Hittite scribes wrote both in cuneiform script (borrowed from Mesopotamia) and in hieroglyphs, a local development that continued after the end of the Hittite empire into the Neo-Hittite kingdoms. Unfortunately, the hieroglyphs on this silver ingot are not legible, so the writing cannot help us determine the ingot's function.It has been suggested that the ingot belonged to a silversmith, who might have used it to make or repair jewelry, sculpture, or drinking vessels or other ceremonial containers, such as the stag-headed cup (MMA 1989.281.10). On the other hand, we know that in the earlier Assyrian Trading Colony period specific weights of Anatolian silver were traded for the goods imported from Assyria. Perhaps this ingot, or pieces from it, were weighed and used as currency in Hittite times, since coins as we know them were only invented in the mid-seventh century B.C.. Ingot with Hittite hieroglyphs 327405Sealing fragment ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing fragment 565835Female Head. UnknownProtome (Fragment). UnknownDrohiczyn seal. unknown, managerLamella Fragment. UnknownRim sherd ca. mid-3rd millennium B.C.. Rim sherd 326111Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560516Attic Black-Figure Mastoid Cup Fragment. UnknownSealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560400Female Head. UnknownSealing ca. 7th century A.D. Sasanian. Sealing 323341Bead. UnknownClothing decoration or armor ca. 9th century B.C. Iran. Clothing decoration or armor 325192Coin 786-808. Coin. 786-808. Copper. Excavated in Iran, Nishapur. CoinsSealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 565768Fragment lead from the wreck of the East Indieschief Hollandia. Parts or artifacts; eroded fragments: Materials; Lead.Coin 8th century. Coin. 8th century. Copper. Excavated in Iran, Nishapur. CoinsUninscribed Cone ca. 2649-2100 B.C. Old Kingdom . Uninscribed Cone. ca. 2649-2100 B.C.. Pottery. Old Kingdom . From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Abydos, Osiris Temple, Temenos, M 214, Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1903Female Head. UnknownFragment of a Small Chalice. UnknownFragmentary Fibula. UnknownDrohiczyn seal. unknown, managersestertius. Anonimowy, monetary officer, Republika Rzymska, issuerRelief fragment, tomb of Meketre ca. 1981-1975 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Relief fragment, tomb of Meketre 562133Female Head. UnknownDrohiczyn seal. unknown, managerAttic Red-Figure Column Krater Fragment. UnknownSealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560377Glass roundel with head of Herakles ca. 2nd century B.C. Greek () Translucent deep blue-green; opaque yellow and white, and uncertain color.Flat disk, with uneven rounded edge and uneven underside.At center, large head in relief, facing right, with dark hair and beard, wearing a yellow (imitating gold) wreath of ivy or vine leaves.Intact; many pitted surface bubbles on head, especially in the hair and beard, iridescence, and thick, creamy weathering.. Glass roundel with head of Herakles 250144Stud Button. UnknownCanosan Oinochoe Fragment. UnknownCanosan Oinochoe Fragment. UnknownFragmentary Canosan Oinochoe (56). UnknownAttic Black-Figure Neck Amphora Fragment. UnknownHinge. UnknownFragment of a Sculpture: Wrist. UnknownDrohiczyn seal. unknown, managerHead. UnknownDrohiczyn seal. unknown, managerCoin 8th-9th century. Coin. 8th-9th century. Copper. Excavated in Iran, Nishapur. CoinsRelief fragment, tomb of Meketre ca. 1981-1975 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Relief fragment, tomb of Meketre 562156Bell 100 BC-200 AD Italian (Ancient Roman). Bell 502516Coin 204 AH/819 CE View more. Coin. 204 AH/819 CE. Copper. Excavated in Iran, Nishapur. CoinsStamp seal (with horse-head handle) with geometric design ca. 8th-7th century B.C. () Iranian. Stamp seal (with horse-head handle) with geometric design 326638Wall casing 664-610 B.C. Late Period, Saite see 23.3.468. Wall casing. 664-610 B.C.. Limestone, mortar traces. Late Period, Saite. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Nespekashuty (TT 312, MMA 509), Undetermined, MMA excavations, 1922-23. Dynasty 26Mask 13th-14th century Mississippian. Mask 312908Sealing ca. 7th century A.D. Sasanian. Sealing 323280Ornaments, 14 Greek, Laconian. Ornaments, 14 251700 Greek, Laconian, Ornaments, 14, Lead, Height: 1 3/16 in. (3.1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of A. J. B. Wace, 1924 (24.195.134)