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A Royal Egyptian Glazed Steatite Cylinder Seal for King Amenemhat II, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1914-1879/76 BCE Weights & Measures Exhibited: Ancient Forms For The

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Exhibited: Ancient Forms For The Modern Eye

Judy made many trips on foot back to (and lived for long periods at) Mina Mina and Yingipurlangu

Thereafter private NYC collection

accession number 52

it is clear that only the front was meant to be seen

A Royal Egyptian Glazed Steatite Cylinder Seal for King Amenemhat II, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1914-1879/76 BCE Weights & Measures Exhibited: Ancient Forms For Thecarved from steatite, with traces of the original glaze remaining, particularly around the inscription that reads: "Nubkaure [Amenemhat II, 12th Dynasty] beloved of Sobek of Sumenu". Sumenu was the cult center of Sobek, the crocodile god of Upper Egypt, and a little south of Luxor. Cylinder seals of 12th Dynasty kings naming them and Sobek (sometimes Sobek of Sumenu, sometimes of Shedyt) are well attested. Background: Amenemhet II, was the grandson of

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