Ancient Egyptian sealing fragment from Amarna dated 1550 – 1295 BC

Roughly oval shaped mud sealing fragment. Oval seal impression on upper surface and a cord impression on lower surface. The seal impression has a sun’s disc at the top, with a crouching royal figure holding a flail opposite a ‘nfr’ hieroglyph and a ‘nb’ hieroglyph below that.

Ancient Egyptian sealing fragment from Amarna dated 1550 – 1295 BC

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1967.33.A
  • Material: mud
  • Culture: Dynasty 18
  • Period: New Kingdom
  • Dated: 1550 - 1295 BC
  • Object name: sealing fragment
  • Dimensions: Length: 19mm , Width: 18mm , Depth: 6mm
  • Published references: Frankfort, H. & Pendlebury, J.D.S., The City of Akhenaten, 2, 1933, (p.36, pl.L no.220)
  • Site: Amarna
  • Latitude: 27.645197
  • Longitude: 30.896483