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Chapter 28: PLATE VII. CYLINDER-SEALS OF THE TWELFTH TO SEVENTEENTH DYNASTIES.
By Percy E. Newberry
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A systematic introduction to ancient Egyptian seals and signet rings that explains their origins, functions, and methods of manufacture. It surveys practical uses—securing property, authenticating documents, and transferring authority—and outlines the officials and engravers involved. The work classifies and describes a wide range of forms, including cylinder seals, button-shaped types, beetle-shaped scarabs, and various signet rings, offering technical commentary and comparative typology. Extensive illustrations and plates accompany the text, and the volume includes indices of personal and royal names and of titles to support identification and further research.

PLATE VII.
 
CYLINDER-SEALS OF THE
TWELFTH TO SEVENTEENTH DYNASTIES.

1. “The Mayor of Het-kha-Usertsen and Superintendent of the Temple ... Senba, justified.” Alnw. Het-kha-Usertsen was probably the pyramid town of Usertsen II (Griffith, K.P., p. 58). Other mayors of this locality are recorded in the tomb of Tehuti-hetep at El Bersheh (Newberry, El.B. I., XXXIII); on a statue at Alnwick Castle (Birch, Cat. Alnw., pp. 60-62), and on a scarab published on Pl. XIII, 20 of the present work.

2. Cylinder-seal of a king with the Horus-name of Her-tep-tauï, “Chieftain of the Two Lands,” and “beloved of Sebek, Lord of Sunu.” Murch. This king certainly belongs to the beginning of the Thirteenth Dynasty, but his personal name has not as yet been fixed.

3. The full names and titles of king Amenenhat-senb-ef. Amh. This beautiful cylinder-seal is of steatite, coated with a fine blue glaze, and the hieroglyphs are very delicately cut. It was found at Mohalla (Mualla), opposite Gebelên, and the monarch whose name it records is otherwise unknown (cf. my note in P.S.B.A., XXI, 282).

4. “Sekhem-khu-tauï-ra, beloved of Sebek, Lord of Ref-sam (?).” B.M. 3663.

5. “The Good God, Uah-ab-ra (Aa-ab), beloved of Sebek, Lord of Sunu.” Gr.

6. “The Good God, Se-bak(?)-ka-ra, beloved of Sebek, lord of Sunu.” Amh.

7. “The Hek Khaskhet, Ruler of the Mountains,” Khŷran (Khŷan). In the possession of Signore Lanzone of Turin.

8. A cylinder-seal with decorative coil-pattern. It was found at Nubt (Petrie, Naqada, LXXXI, 79), and belongs to the intermediate period between the end of the Twelfth and the beginning of the Eighteenth Dynasty.

9. Cylinder-seal, with interlacing coil-pattern. M-G. Of the early Intermediate period.

10. “The Hek nefer, Good Ruler, Khŷan.” Athens.

11. Cylinder-seal, with human figures and cartouches with hieroglyphic inscriptions of doubtful reading. P. Hyksos period.

12. A green glazed steatite cylinder-seal, bearing the legend “Kheper-nub-ra,” the prenomen of Antef V. B.M. 30772. Late Intermediate period.

13. “The Governor of the (Royal) City (i.e., Thebes) and Vezir, Ankhu.” Figured in the Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 29816, f. 193. This vezir lived under King Khenzer, of the Thirteenth Dynasty (cf. my note in P.S.B.A. XXII, 64).