Mud Sealing Attached to a Fiber Tie from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Object type: Sealing
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Tutankhamun
Date: ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Medium: Mud
Dimensions: Seal and tie: L. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.)
Seal: L. 1 cm (3/8 in.); W. 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Valley of the Kings
Locale: Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54)
Excavation: Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907–08
Credit line: Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1909
Accession year: 1909