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Egyptian Sealing Artifacts

Clay seals and document fragments from ancient Egypt, featuring detailed engravings and historical significance in their intricate designs.

Ring; second half of 6th century B.C; Silver and tin; 2.6 cm, 0.0123 kg (1 in., 0.0271 lb.)
Ring; second half of 6th century B.C; Silver and tin; 2.6 cm, 0.0123 kg (1 in., 0.0271 lb.)
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Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing. 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 12-13Document 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 18Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 565419Unattributed Trebizond Coin. UnknownSealing 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 12-13Document 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 18Sealing fragment ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing fragment 572493Ring; second half of 6th century B.C; Silver and tin; 2.6 cm, 0.0123 kg (1 in., 0.0271 lb.)Female Head. UnknownFemale Head. UnknownSeal. UnknownSealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 546599Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 565863Document 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 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, King's Palace, West magazine, MMA excavations, 1910-12. Dynasty 18Coin probably late 13th century. Coin 457699Female Head. UnknownSealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 565346Female Head. UnknownSealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560674Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 546603Female Head. UnknownRing. UnknownFunerary Cone of the Goldsmith Nebwa ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has two impressions of an oval stamp seal inscribed for a goldsmith named Nebwa. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 338.. Funerary Cone of the Goldsmith Nebwa Funerary Cone of the Goldsmith Nebwa ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has two impressions of an oval stamp seal inscribed for a goldsmith named Nebwa. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 338.. Funerary Cone of the Goldsmith Nebwa. ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. 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 18Funerary Cone of the Overseer of the Seal Min ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a man named Min who was overseer of the seal. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 499.. Funerary Cone of the Overseer of the Seal Min Funerary Cone of the Overseer of the Seal Min ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a man named Min who was overseer of the seal. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 499.. Funerary Cone of the Overseer of the Seal Min. ca. 1550-1295 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 18Funerary Cone of the Doorkeeper of Amun Amenhotep ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a doorkeeper of Amun named Amenhotep who was also called Rebiu. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 565.. Funerary Cone of the Doorkeeper of Amun Amenhotep Funerary Cone of the Doorkeeper of Amun Amenhotep ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a doorkeeper of Amun named Amenhotep who was also called Rebiu. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 565.. Funerary Cone of the Doorkeeper of Amun Amenhotep. ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18Funerary Cone ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom. Funerary Cone. ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18Ring. UnknownHead with Headdress (Saccos). UnknownSealing ca. 7th century A.D. Sasanian. Sealing 323367Document Sealing With the Throne Name of Amenhotep III New Kingdom ca. 1390-1352 B.C. View more. Document Sealing With the Throne Name of Amenhotep III. ca. 1390-1352 B.C.. Mud. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, West Villas, West Villa B, MMA excavations, 1910-12. Dynasty 18Funerary Cone ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom. Funerary Cone. ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560494Coin A.H. 596-616/ A.D. 1199-1219. Coin 457346Female Head. UnknownFunerary Cone ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom. Funerary Cone. ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18Seal Impression Wrapped Around a Cord. Egypt, Middle Kingdom () 1991 - 1650 BCE. Tools and Equipment; seals. Semi-baked clay of grayish-black scorched colorFunerary Cone of the Vizier Ramose ca. 1390-1349 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for the vizier Ramose who owned Theban tomb 55. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 133. Funerary Cone of the Vizier Ramose Funerary Cone of the Vizier Ramose ca. 1390-1349 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for the vizier Ramose who owned Theban tomb 55. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 133. Funerary Cone of the Vizier Ramose. ca. 1390-1349 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18Female Head Fragment. UnknownFemale Head. UnknownPottery Whistle Mexican 19th century View more. Pottery Whistle. Mexican. 19th century. clay. Mexico. Aerophone-Whistle Flute-whistleSealing 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 12-13Engraved Gem. UnknownUnattributed Trebizond Coin. UnknownHead with Knidian Coiffure. 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, no exact location recorded, MMA excavations, 1910-12. Dynasty 18Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560308Funerary Cone of the Scribe Amenemopet ca. 1400-1352 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a man named Amenemopet (Amen-em-opet) who was also known as Tjanefer (Tja-nefer). He was scribe of accounts of the grain of the god Amun and also had the title overseer of the fields. Amenemopet owned Theban tomb 297 (TT 297) which is in the Asasif area of western Thebes near the former field headquarters of the Museum's Egyptian Expedition.In 1915, while excavating an uninscribed tomb (H 4) near TT 297, the Museums archaeologists uncovered five cones with the same stamped impression (this one and 15.10.2-.4, .22). Three more cones in the collection have the same stamp (09.185.12, .17, .20). The best preserved impressions are on this cone and number 15.10.2.Hundreds of ceramic cones like this one have been found in the non-royal cemeteries of the Theban necropolis. The Museum's excavators uncovered a tomb with rows of uninscribed cones embedded along the uppMale Head. UnknownSealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 546596Document 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 18Unattributed Trebizond Coin. UnknownFragment stemplowanego imadła amfory. Stefanos II-V (ca 280-ca 190 a.C.), potter's workshopPapyrus column amulet 664-332 B.C. Late Period. Papyrus column amulet. 664-332 B.C.. Serpentinite. Late Period. From Egypt. Dynasty 26-30Document 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 18Head. UnknownMagical 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 ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom. Funerary Cone. ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18Female Head. UnknownDark brown clay seal. UnknownDocument Sealings With the Throne Name of Thutmose IV ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Document Sealings With the Throne Name of Thutmose IV. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Sun-dried 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 323267Stamp seal ca. 3rd-7th century A.D. Sasanian. Stamp seal. Sasanian. ca. 3rd-7th century A.D.. Bronze. Sasanian. Iran or MesopotamiaUmbo or stud ca. 9th century B.C. Iran. Umbo or stud 325056Bes amulet 664-332 B.C. Late Period. Bes amulet. 664-332 B.C.. Faience. Late Period. From Egypt. Dynasty 26-30Funerary Cone the Overseer of His Majesty's Horses Hekaneheh ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a man named Hekaneheh who was overseer of his Majesty's horses.. Funerary Cone the Overseer of His Majesty's Horses Hekaneheh. ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18Bell 1st century A.D. Italian (Ancient Roman). Bell 502515Funerary Cone ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom. Funerary Cone. ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18Belt Ornament China. Belt Ornament 61162Coin 786-808. Coin. 786-808. Copper. Excavated in Iran, Nishapur. CoinsFragment imadła amfory ze stemplem. unknown, potter's workshopFragment stemplowanego imadła amfory. Meniskos I (ok. 290-250 p.n.e.), potter's workshopFragment stemplowanego imadła amfory. unknown, potter's workshopEngraved Gem. UnknownFragment of a Canopic Chest of Queen Tiya ca. 1427-1390 B.C. New Kingdom, Ramesside. Fragment of a Canopic Chest of Queen Tiya 577027Ornament China. Ornament 60633Button. UnknownCoin probably 8th-9th century. Coin. probably 8th-9th century. 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, North side or west magazine, MMA excavations, 1910-12. Dynasty 18Sealing 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 12-13Engraved Gem. UnknownStud Button. UnknownStud Button. UnknownSealing ca. 7th century A.D. Sasanian. Sealing 323456Fragmentary marble inscription. Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: H.,3 1/2", W.,3 3/4", D.,2". Date: 4th-3rd century B.C..Inscribed fragment of an Attic decree. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment imadła amfory ze stemplem. Mithradates (ok. 290-250 p.n.e.), potter's workshopRelief fragment: hand of Nubian () with water skin and monkey om lead ca. 1961-1917 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Relief fragment: hand of Nubian () with water skin and monkey om lead 545480Head with Melon Coiffure and Wreath. UnknownGirdle ornament China. Girdle ornament. China. Jade. Han dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220). JadeSword handle 6th century Japan. Sword handle. Japan. 6th century. Gilt bronze. Kofun period (ca. 300-710). MetalworkScarab of Thutmose III ca. 1479-1425 B.C. New Kingdom. Scarab of Thutmose III. ca. 1479-1425 B.C.. Blue faience. New Kingdom. From Egypt. Dynasty 18Ornament ca. 9th century B.C. Iran. Ornament 325614Cicada late 19th to early 20th century China. Cicada. China. late 19th to early 20th century. Jade (nephrite). Late Qing dynasty (1644-1911). JadeScarab seal ca. 7th-6th century B.C. Cypriot. Scarab seal. Cypriot. ca. 7th-6th century B.C.. Steatite. Cypro-Archaic. CyprusDetail of the stele of the hunt Warka, Uruk period;Iraq (circa 3000 B.C.). The Uruk period (ca. 4000 to 3100 BC) existed from the protohistoric Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age period in the history of MesopotamiaPlaque 664-332 B.C. Late Period. Plaque 555143Bowl of Tribes made with clay wedges, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.Glazed brick ca. 3rd-7th century A.D. Sasanian. Glazed brick 322642Loom-Weight. Unknown