Frog seal with device showing two sitting children

First Intermediate Period

ca. 2100 BC

Not on view

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Title: Frog seal with device showing two sitting children
Period: First Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 9
Date: ca. 2100 BC
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Blue faience
Dimensions: l. 1.2 cm (1/2 in.) × h. 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Object Number: 30.8.851
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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