DYNASTY XII, CIRCA 1850 B.C.

細節

AN EGYPTIAN WOODEN STAMP SEAL OF THE MAYOR SENUSRET
DYNASTY XII, CIRCA 1850 B.C.
In the form of a miniature stele bearing the name and title of its owner: "The wooden stamp seal of the Mayor of Htp-s-n-wsrt-m3'- (hrw), Senusret", the reverse with central dowel hole
1¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high

來源

Blanchard collection.
Michaelides collection.

注意事項

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

拍品專文

PUBLISHED:
Grdseloff, ASAE, LI, Cairo, 1951, 154, with fig. 3.
G. T. Martin, Egyptian Administrative and Private Name Seals, Oxford, 1971, pl. 43.1, p. 98, no. 1254.

This was the official wooden seal of the Mayor of Htp-s-n-wsrt-m3'-(hrw), which was the name of the pyramid town of Senusret II at Lahun, cf. Gauthier, Dictionnaire des noms géographiques, IV, 146.

With black ink inscription "BEHNESSA LEO".