Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry

Cylinder Seal of Hed

Accession: 44.123.8
Find spot: Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Early Dynastic Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 1
Date: ca. 3100–2675 B.C.E.
Date range: 3100 BCE – 2675 BCE
Materials: ['Steatite']
Height: 3.2 cm
Width: 3.1 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Cylinder Seal of Hed (44.123.8). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/38852

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Caption: Cylinder Seal of Hed, ca. 3100–2675 B.C.E.. Steatite, 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (3.2 x 3.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.8. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 44.123.8 tier-2
BKM-Object 56672 tier-2

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