Rectangular Stamp Seal Of Light Gray Steatite
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Jun 1939
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. James N. Halsted
notes: label: Notes
content: Rectangular stamp seal. Side 1, Prenomen of Thutmose III with double plumes above. Side 2, Striding Sphinx wearing atef crown, identified as Menkheperra, tramples enemies. Three hieroglyphs around sphinx are nefer signs, meaning "goodness", "perfection". An adoring figure before sphinx has a horned crown. Appears to be a sun disk above the arms of this figure. Might not be thoroughly Egyptian - perhaps Levantine. Cannot be earlier than Ramesside period by form. Name of Thutmose III appears on thousands of scarabs of later date as an archaism.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ancient Egyptian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 152757
label: USNM Number
content: A380657-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Seal