Seal Impression Attatched to a Fiber Tie from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache

Seal Impression Attatched to a Fiber Tie from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This mud sealing is still attached to a piece of the papyrus tie that was used to secure a container. The impression preserves the throne name of Tutankhamun, Nebkheperure (Neb-kheperu-Re), and the epithets "beloved of Khnum" and "manifold of praises." For a similar impression, see 09.184.263.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.