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An Egyptian turquoise glazed steatite cylinder seal with cartouches of Amenenhat III image 1
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An Egyptian turquoise glazed steatite cylinder seal with cartouches of Amenenhat III

22 November – 9 December 2024, 12:00 GMT
Online, London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian turquoise glazed steatite cylinder seal with cartouches of Amenenhat III

Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, reign of Amenemhat III, circa 1853-1806 B.C.
With three cartouches: 'Lord of Two Lands, good god (Amenemhat); 'King of Upper and Lower Egypt (Nymaatre)'; between 'Son of Re (Ameny)', 2.7cm high

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Provenance:
J.P. collection, formed in the 1960s.
Private collection, London, acquired in London from the above in the 1980s.

There is a yellow faience cylinder seal of Amenemhat III in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, acc. no. 09.180.1140, and another with cartouches of the king in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, acc. no. 42.235.

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