Ancient Egypt Seals

Artifacts featuring ancient sealings from Egypt, showcasing intricate designs and historical contexts from the Middle to New Kingdom.

Finger. Unknown

Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 565373

Document Sealing With Multiple Seal Impressions ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Document Sealing With Multiple Seal Impressions. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Mud. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, MMA excavations, 1910-12; Presumably from Middle Palace. Dynasty 18

Finger. Unknown

Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing. ca. 2030-1640 B.C.. Clay (unfired). Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht South, Pyramid complex of Senwosret I, north temple gateway, MMA excavations, 1913-14. Dynasty 12-13

Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 546592

Female Head. Unknown

Spearhead with bent tang and slotted blade ca. 2300-2000 B.C. Hattian. Spearhead with bent tang and slotted blade 324463

Female Head. Unknown

Box 17th century French This gilt leather and suede box was possibly intended for a mirror.. Box. French. 17th century. Leather, gilt, and suede. Natural Substances-Leatherwork

Pendant or seal 6th-5th millennium B.C.. Pendant or seal 321467

Funerary Cone ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom. Funerary Cone. ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18

Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 565426

Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560334

Figure 3rd millennium B.C. Valdivia. Figure. Valdivia. 3rd millennium B.C.. Stone. Ecuador. Stone-Sculpture

Female Head. Unknown

Female Head. Unknown

Fragment of a Box Lid ca. 5th century Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara). Fragment of a Box Lid 38692

Cicada. Culture: China. Dimensions: H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); W. 13/16 in. (2.1 cm). Date: late 19th to early 20th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Engraved Gem. Unknown

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Sealing fragment ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing fragment. ca. 1981-1640 B.C.. Clay (unfired). Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht South, South of the tomb of Imhotep, north of the royal causeway, MMA excavations, 1930-31. late Dynasty 12

Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 557538

Coin A.H. 174/ A.D. 790. Coin 457660

Sherd. Culture: China. Dimensions: 3 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. (8.9 x 7.9 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Statuette of a Woman Holding a Young Child in Her Left Arm. Unknown

Female Head. Unknown

Tile China. Tile. China. Earthenware. Qin-Han dynasty (221 B.C.-A.D. 220). Ceramics

Document Sealing With the Name Ankhesenamun ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom. Document Sealing With the Name Ankhesenamun. ca. 1390-1353 B.C.. Mud. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, West Villas, West Villa B, MMA excavations, 1910-12. Dynasty 18

Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 565887

Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 546530

Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 565396

Meiping vase late 17th-early 18th century China. Meiping vase. China. late 17th-early 18th century. Porcelain with copper red glaze (Jingdezhen ware), copper mouth rim). Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi period (1662-1722). Ceramics

Etruscan Black-Figure Vase Fragment. Unknown

Tile China. Tile 51960

Mold ca. 9th century B.C. Iran. Mold 325140

Female Head. Unknown

Ring Bezel Mold with the Cartouche of Tutankhamun ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom. Ring Bezel Mold with the Cartouche of Tutankhamun 558352

Fragment of a Female Torso. Unknown

Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing. ca. 1981-1640 B.C.. Mud. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, Cemetery, MMA excavations, 1920-22. Dynasty 12-13

Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing. ca. 2030-1640 B.C.. Clay (unfired). Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht South, Pyramid complex of Senwosret I, north temple gateway, MMA excavations, 1913-14. Dynasty 12-13

Sealing Middle Kingdom ca. 1981-1640 B.C. View more. Sealing. ca. 1981-1640 B.C.. Mud. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, Cemetery, MMA excavations, 1920-22. Dynasty 12-13

Amulet. Unknown

Heart amulet ca. 1070-664 B.C. Third Intermediate Period or later. Heart amulet. ca. 1070-664 B.C.. Green glass. Third Intermediate Period or later. From Egypt. Dynasty 21-25

Etruscan Statuette. Unknown

Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560453

Stamp. Unknown

Coin A.H. 184/A.D. 800. Coin. A.H. 184/A.D. 800. Copper. Excavated in Iran, Nishapur. Mint Jay. Coins

Funerary Cone the Steward of Amun Sennefer ca. 1479-1400 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for the mayor of Thebes (the southern city) Sennefer who owned Theban tomb 96 and was also steward and overseer of the cattle of the god Amun. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 223.. Funerary Cone the Steward of Amun Sennefer Funerary Cone the Steward of Amun Sennefer ca. 1479-1400 B.C. New Kingdom This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for the mayor of Thebes (the southern city) Sennefer who owned Theban tomb 96 and was also steward and overseer of the cattle of the god Amun. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 223.. Funerary Cone the Steward of Amun Sennefer. ca. 1479-1400 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18

Sealing ca. 7th century A.D. Sasanian. Sealing 323458

Spearhead with bent tang and slotted blade ca. 2300-2000 B.C. Hattian. Spearhead with bent tang and slotted blade 324462

Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 546534

Standing Figure with Snake Plaque. Unknown

Coin A.H. 153/ A.D.770. Coin. A.H. 153/ A.D.770. Copper. Excavated in Iran, Nishapur. Coins

Knife. Culture: China. Dimensions: W. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); L. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Pottery Whistle ca. 800-1525 Linea Vieja Whistle in the shape of a vessel with an iguana on one side.Although numerous pottery instruments survive from pre-Conquest South and Central America, little is known of how they were used before Spanish invaders ravaged the native cultures. Whistles, trumpets and rattles in animal or human form probably had ceremonial functions or served as playthings. Smaller whistles in animal shapes, perhaps worn suspended from the neck, sometimes have fingerholes that allow variation of pitch.. Pottery Whistle 502969

Sealing ca. 7th century A.D. Sasanian. Sealing 323429

Pedestal with Yaksha and Two Lions 9th century India (Jammu & Kashmir, ancient kingdom of Kashmir). Pedestal with Yaksha and Two Lions 38406

Female Head. Unknown

Funerary Cones ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom. Funerary Cones. ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18

Female Head. Unknown

Female Head. Unknown

Raised relief fragment 664-610 B.C. Late Period, Saite see 23.3.468. Raised relief fragment. 664-610 B.C.. Limestone. Late Period, Saite. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Nespekashuty (TT 312, MMA 509), 1st chamber N. door, MMA excavations, 1922-23. Dynasty 26

Jar ca. 9th century B.C. Iran. Jar 326220

Magical Figure ca. 1802-1550 B.C. Late Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate Period These tablets of unfired clay with attached crude faces were found as a group by the Museum's excavators at Lisht South in loose surface sand west of the mastaba of Senwosretankh, a high official and possibly the architect of the pyramid complex of Senwosret I (ca. 1961-1917 B. C.), east of which he erected his own very elaborate mastaba tomb (see acc. nos. 33.1.2 and other pieces). The mud figures and little coffin (acc. no. 33.1.66) that had contained some of them must have been buried, however, considerably later than the early twelfth dynasty tomb close to which they were found. In fact, during the thirteenth and following dynasties people deposited a number of objects in the by then sacred area around a legendary ruler's pyramid and its dependant monuments, believing conceivably that potent magical powers could thus be released. These flat mud figures, for instance, are inscribed in now much-faded red

Attic Female Head Vase Fragment. Unknown

Vase with animal-masks 18th century China. Vase with animal-masks. China. 18th century. Porcelain with crackled glaze (Jingdezhen ware). Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Ceramics

Girdle ring China. Girdle ring 42871

Tubular object with projecting human heads and triangular cut-outs ca. late 2nd millennium B.C. Iran. Tubular object with projecting human heads and triangular cut-outs 327414

Sealing ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 560374

Crescent-shaped axe head with an iron blade ca. early 1st millennium B.C. Iran. Crescent-shaped axe head with an iron blade 327327

Vessel Foot. Unknown

Funerary Cone ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom. Funerary Cone. ca. 1550-1295 B.C.. Pottery. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18

Fragment of stela ca. 1981-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Fragment of stela. ca. 1981-1640 B.C.. Limestone, paint. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, Cemetery, MMA excavations, 1906-07. Dynasty 12-13

From the Vinca tell, Serbia, about 4500-4000 BC. (back) Large female figurine without head. (Left) female figurine fragment with incised decoration of clothing.

Fragment of a Belt. Unknown

Coin 5th-14th century. Coin. 5th-14th century. Copper. Excavated in Iran, Nishapur. Mint Iran, Nishapur. Coins

Molded Gem. Unknown

Gable seal 4th millennium B.C.. Gable seal. 4th millennium B.C.. Chlorite or steatite, black. Chalcolithic-Early Bronze Age. Northern Syria or southeastern Anatolia

Aniconic Dedication to Zeus Meilichios. Unknown

Bottle 30 B.C.-A.D. 364 Roman Period. Bottle. 30 B.C.-A.D. 364. Glass. Roman Period. From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), EEF excavations 1896-97

Tiger: emblem of the West China. Tiger: emblem of the West 42921

Pendant. Culture: China. Dimensions: W. 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm); L. 2 in. (5.1 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Finial. Unknown

Coin 758-68. Coin 457082

Flamboyant marquee from the Cloister of Saint-Merri, end of the 15th century of the 16th century (Cat. 26) Anonymous. Flamboyant marquee from the cloister of Saint-Merri, late the fifteenth century-early sixteenth century (Cat. 26). Pierre.

Pendant with dragon. Culture: China. Dimensions: H. 3 in. (7.6 cm); Gr. W. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm). Date: 20th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Stamp seal (octagonal pyramid) with cultic scene 7th - 6th century B.C. Assyro-Babylonian. Stamp seal (octagonal pyramid) with cultic scene. Assyro-Babylonian. 7th - 6th century B.C.. White Chalcedony (Quartz). Neo-Assyrian / Neo-Babylonian. Mesopotamia

Sealing ca. 2030-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Sealing 546529

Vase early 19th century Japan. Vase 47977

Shard (Study Collection) China. Shard (Study Collection). China. Ceramic with dark blue glaze. Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Ceramics

Female Head (Fragment). Unknown

Mold ca. 1550-1295 B.C. New Kingdom. Mold 558443

Coin 8th-9th century. Coin 457093

Pottery Whistle ca. 800-1525 Costa Rican Whistle in the shape of a coatimundi.Although numerous pottery instruments survive from pre-Conquest South and Central America, little is known of how they were used before Spanish invaders ravaged the native cultures. Whistles, trumpets and rattles in animal or human form probably had ceremonial functions or served as playthings. Smaller whistles in animal shapes, perhaps worn suspended from the neck, sometimes have finger holes that allow variation of pitch.. Pottery Whistle 502726

Lock Face Plate(). Unknown

Pestle Japan. Pestle. Japan. Stone. Stone

Apulian Polychrome Amphora. Attributed to the White Saccos-Kantharos Group (South Italian (Apulian), active about 320 B.C.)

Ornament Korea. Ornament 57448

Fragment imadła amfory ze stemplem. Kteson III (ca 280-ca 205 a.C.), potter's workshop

Faceted Wine Bottle from Joseon, Korea. From the time of Joseon kingdom (1392 - 1910)

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