Button Seal
This round button-shaped seal-amulet was found with a fragment of cord in the horizontal piercing. The device on the underside consists of six spirals radiating from a center point, each interlocking with more spirals. On the back is a cruciform rope pattern with a stylized shape, perhaps a floral element, in each quadrant.
Artwork Details
- Title: Button Seal
- Period: Middle Kingdom
- Dynasty: late Dynasty 11–early Dynasty 12
- Date: ca. 2030–1850 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, cemetery south of Rehuerdjersen (384), Pit 736, MMA excavations 1907–08
- Medium: Glazed steatite
- Dimensions: H. 0.7 × Diam. 1.9 cm (1/4 × 3/4 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1909
- Object Number: 09.180.767b
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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