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Cylinder Seal with the Name of Pepi I Old Kingdom

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Accession: 17.5
Period: Old Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 6
Reign: reign of Pepi I
Date: ca. 2289–2255 B.C.
Date range: 2289 BCE – 2255 BCE
Materials: ['serpentinite']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Cylinder Seal with the Name of Pepi I (17.5). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/215620

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Cylinder seal, Pepi I. Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, reign of Pepi I, ca. 2289–2255 B.C. Serpentinite. H. 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in); w. 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in). From: Fayum, Egypt. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Gift of Garrett Chatfield Pier, 1917.

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