Object Title
Cylinder Seal Inscribed for Khufu
Measurements
1.6 × 1.3 × 0.6 cm
Creation Date
2509-2483 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Sands of Time Antiquities
Museum Name
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/13098/cylinder-seal-inscribed-for-khufu?ctx=c65b1907dc483178ec5903fade0a900a1c91ac6d&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
With Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Washington DC.
Exhibition Information
From Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, 2006 - August 15, 2011;
Life and Death in the Pyramid Age: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 10 - December 11, 2011;
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, February 2012 - Present
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, 2006 - August 15, 2011;
Life and Death in the Pyramid Age: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 10 - December 11, 2011;
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, February 2012 - Present
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Acquired by museum in 2006.