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Stone seal

600–550 B.C.
FindspotTell Defenneh, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueTravertine (Egyptian alabaster)
DimensionsHeight x width: 2 x 1.8 cm (13/16 x 11/16 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number87.710
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Tell Dafana (Daphnae). Excavated by the Egypt Exploration Fund; assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund by the government of Egypt; given to the MFA by the Egypt Exploration Fund.
Peg
early 3rd–mid 3rd century B.C.
Group shot: 01.7268, 01.7269
1550–1295 B.C.
Mortar
1550–1295 B.C.
Burnishing stone
1550–1295 B.C.
Kohl jar
1700–1295 B.C.
Kerma: Misc. stone, faience, ivory and pottery, Su.62 (MFA), 63 (=MFA 13.4043), 64, 65 (MFA), 6…
2400–1550 B.C.