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- Seals and Sealing in the Ancient World
- Seals and Sealing in the Ancient World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Illustrations
- Plates
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Chapter One Introduction: Small Windows, Wide Views
- Part I The Ancient Near East and Cyprus
- Part II South Asia and the Gulf Region
- Part III Egypt
- Chapter Thirteen The Evolution of Ancient Egyptian Seals and Sealing Systems
- Chapter Fourteen Early Dynastic Sealing Practices as a Reflection of State Formation in Egypt
- Chapter Fifteen Sealings and Seals from Pyramid Age Egypt
- Chapter Sixteen The Administrative Use of Scarabs during the Middle Kingdom
- Chapter Seventeen Middle and New Kingdom Sealing Practice in Egypt and Nubia: A Comparison
- Part IV Aegean
- References
- Endnotes
- Index
Chapter Fifteen - Sealings and Seals from Pyramid Age Egypt
from Part III - Egypt
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 April 2018
- Seals and Sealing in the Ancient World
- Seals and Sealing in the Ancient World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Illustrations
- Plates
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Chapter One Introduction: Small Windows, Wide Views
- Part I The Ancient Near East and Cyprus
- Part II South Asia and the Gulf Region
- Part III Egypt
- Chapter Thirteen The Evolution of Ancient Egyptian Seals and Sealing Systems
- Chapter Fourteen Early Dynastic Sealing Practices as a Reflection of State Formation in Egypt
- Chapter Fifteen Sealings and Seals from Pyramid Age Egypt
- Chapter Sixteen The Administrative Use of Scarabs during the Middle Kingdom
- Chapter Seventeen Middle and New Kingdom Sealing Practice in Egypt and Nubia: A Comparison
- Part IV Aegean
- References
- Endnotes
- Index
Summary
In 2005 at Giza in Egypt, teams working for Dr. Mark Lehner discovered an apparently undisturbed series of dump deposits containing about 1,200 clay sealings dating to the reign of Menkaure, builder of the last major pyramid at Giza. A core group of 424 of these sealings were impressed by just 12 seals distributed to the owners by the central government. By reconstructing the seals of these officials and examining their uses over the period covered by the sequence of dumping deposits, we can gain an important synchronic snapshot of the development of the Egyptian state.
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- Seals and Sealing in the Ancient WorldCase Studies from the Near East, Egypt, the Aegean, and South Asia, pp. 271 - 288Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018
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