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Button seal New Kingdom, Ramesside

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 89.2.651. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 89.2.651
Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside
Dynasty: Dynasty 19–20
Date: ca. 1295–1070 B.C.
Date range: 1295 BCE – 1070 BCE
Materials: ['faience']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Button seal (89.2.651). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/213240

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Seal, button. New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19–20, ca. 1295–1070 B.C. Faience. Dia. 2.1 × H. 0.8 cm (13/16 × 5/16 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889.

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Materials Faience Green-Blue Glaze

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