Bilingual Cylinder Seal
This fragmentary lapis lazuli cylinder seal is inscribed in hieroglyphs :"King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Sehetepibre, [beloved of] Hathor, mistress [of Byblos]". On the opposite side it reads "Yakin-ilum....." Sehetepibre must be the second king of that name, who is a contemporary of Yakinilum, a known figure at the city of Byblos on the levantine coast.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bilingual Cylinder Seal
- Period: Late Middle Kingdom
- Dynasty: Dynasty 13
- Reign: reign of Sehetepibre II
- Date: ca. 1782–1780 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Lapis-lazuli
- Dimensions: h. 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in)
- Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
- Object Number: 26.7.21
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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