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1 of 2 • Mud sealings (with seal impressions) from Menkaure pyramid temple, corridor 21/22, [GLYPHS] (serekh) Teti (Dynasty 6): top row: 07-1-88, 07-1-88, 07-1-88; middle row: 07-1-85, 07-1-84; bottom row: 07-1-83, 07-1-88, 07-1-88
Mud sealings (with seal impressions) from Menkaure pyramid temple, corridor 21/22, [GLYPHS] (serekh) Teti (Dynasty 6): top row: 07-1-88, 07-1-88, 07-1-88; middle row: 07-1-85, 07-1-84; bottom row: 07-1-83, 07-1-88, 07-1-88
Mud sealings (with seal impressions) from Menkaure pyramid temple, corridor 21/22 (scale 1:1); top row: 07-1-88, 07-1-88, __-__-__ (unnumbered sealing), __-__-__ (unnumbered sealing = MFA 47.2062); middle row: 07-1-88 (upper item), 07-1-84 (lower item) 07-1-88, 07-1-88, __-__-__ (unnumbered sealing = MFA 47.2061); bottom row: 07-1-85, 07-1-83, 07-1-82, 07-1-81

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple

Mud sealing (apparently part of 07-1-84); fragment of mud with impression of seal of Sehetep-tauwy (Teti of Dynasty 6). [07-1-85]

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_07-1-85
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Seals, sealings & stoppers
  • Findspot
    Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / corridor 22)
  • Material
    Mud
  • Dimensions
    Overall: 2.1 x 1.4 x 2.5 cm (13/16 x 9/16 x 1 in.)
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Previous Number
    7-1-85
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Period
    Old Kingdom
  • Owner
    Teti
  • Notes
    This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1907: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
  • Remarks
    Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1907.

Tombs and Monuments 1

Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 19.

    Reisner, George A., and William Stevenson Smith. The Tomb of Hetep-Heres the Mother of Cheops: a Study of Egyptian Civilization in the Old Kingdom. A History of the Giza Necropolis 2. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1955, fig. 56.

People 1

Ancient People

  • Teti

    • Type Owner
    • Remarks First king of Dynasty 6.