Cylinder seal
Unknown artist
Date: ca. 2649–2100 BCE
Medium: Steatite
Dimensions: H. 3 × Diam. 2.5 cm (1 3/16 × 1 in.)
Country: Egypt
Period: Old Kingdom
Themes: Hieroglyphs
Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
Date range
-2649 – -2649
Largest dimension
2.5 cm
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