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Cylinder seal Early Dynastic Period

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 26.7.1. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 26.7.1
Period: Early Dynastic Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 2
Date: ca. 2960–2649 B.C.
Date range: 2960 BCE – 2649 BCE
Materials: ['steatite']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Cylinder seal (26.7.1). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/215856

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Cylinder seal, Neit. Early Dynastic Period, Dynasty 2, ca. 2960–2649 B.C. Steatite. H. 1.6 × Diam. 1.5 cm (5/8 × 9/16 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926.

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