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Cylinder Seal with the Names of King Sahure and Titles

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Description

<p>This silver cylinder seal features the royal titulary of King Sahure, the second king of the Fifth Dynasty (ca. 2487-2475 BCE). The inscription includes four serekhs with his Horus name (Nebkhau), his Nebti name (Nebkhau), his Golden Horus name (Bikwy-Nebu), and one cartouche encircling his birth name (Sahure). The seal is also inscribed with the titles of a high official, including “overseer of the leather workers.” This cylinder might have come from Abusir where the king built his pyramid and most likely his unexcavated sun temple.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1748' rel='external'>Cylinder Seal with the Names of King Sahure and Titles</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

Inscriptions (3)

Inscription #1

English description

[Inscription, Egyptian; Transliteration] 1. Hr nb-xaw (Hr-stX nswt-zmA-tAwy) 2. Xkr-HA.t-nb-xaw-sxmtj nbti wAD.t 3. Hr nb-xaw nTr-aA (nsw.t-spH-ngA) 4. irr-wD.t bkwy-nbw xrp-gs.w mDH-wr.t jmi-ra-gs.w Xr.t-a-nsw.t 5. Hr nb-xaw nTr-aA 6. Xnm-nb-xaw-nbtj m anx wAs ra-nb mr-nTr ra-nb 7. Hr nb-xaw nTr
Inscription #2

English description

[aA] (nswt-tj-xAsw.t ?) 8. sHtp-jb nsw.t-bjtj sAHw-ra
Inscription #3

English description

[Translation] 1. Horus: Nebkhau (crowned by Horus and Seth) 2. Adorner of the brow of the double crown, the Two Ladies, Wadjet: Nebkhau 3. Horus: Nebkhau, great god (lassoing the cattle) 4. One who does what the Golden Horus, Bek-wi Nebu, commands; director of the leather-workers; fashioner/overseers of the wrt-crown(?); overseer of the leather-workers; royal assistant 5. Horus: Nebkhau, great god 6. Wearer of the crown of the Two Ladies(?), Nebkhau, through life, power, everyday; beloved of the god, everyday 7. Horus: Nebkhau, great god (who slays the enemy) 8. One who satisfies the heart, lord of the two lands: Sahure

Connections

Deities Horus

Cross-references (2)

  • Walters-AccNum 57.1748 tier-2
  • Walters-id 12274 tier-2
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