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Sealing from net Roman PeriodDeir el-Bahri

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Description

Sealing, from net. Roman Period, A.D. 1st century ?. Mud, cord (?). L. 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in.). From: Priests' houses, near, Roman burial XXI, Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1923–24. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1925.

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A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.

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Found at Deir el-Bahri
Materials MudCord
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