Scroll Of Papyrus

Object Details

Donor Name

Dr. George W. Samson

Site Name

Thebes

From card: "Exhibit, Hall 26, 1976." 1978 NMNH slide set caption: Scroll, papyrus wrapped in linen with clay stamped seal, Egyptian, Thebes, late period.

Royal seal of Amenhotep III; still sealed. ca. 1400 BC

Was on exhibit in the Old World Archaeology Hall. See Casanowicz's guide originally publisher in SI AR for 1922, Plate 6 among animal mummies in case 56. Later in Western Cultures Hall June 1978 to take-down in 2010.

Record Last Modified

2 Aug 2023

Specimen Count

1

Culture

Egyptian, New Kingdom Period, Dynasty XVIII

Accession Date

1885

Accession Number

015645

USNM Number

A74577-0

Object Type

Papyrus

Place

Qena, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa

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Topic

Archaeology

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8314195

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/327e0637d-a512-4321-81c6-96025edb92b4