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<em>Cylinder Seal with the Name of Pepy I</em>, ca. 2338–2298 B.C.E. Steatite, 2 13/16 x Diam. 3/4 in. (7.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.123.32_view1_PS6.jpg)
Cylinder Seal with the Name of Pepy I, ca. 2338–2298 B.C.E. Steatite, 2 13/16 x Diam. 3/4 in. (7.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.123.32_view1_PS6.jpg)
<em>Cylinder Seal with the Name of Pepy I</em>, ca. 2338–2298 B.C.E. Steatite, 2 13/16 x Diam. 3/4 in. (7.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.123.32_view1_PS6.jpg)

Cylinder Seal with the Name of Pepy I, ca. 2338–2298 B.C.E. Steatite, 2 13/16 x Diam. 3/4 in. (7.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.123.32_view1_PS6.jpg)

<em>Cylinder Seal with the Name of Pepy I</em>, ca. 2338–2298 B.C.E. Steatite, 2 13/16 x Diam. 3/4 in. (7.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.123.32_with_impression_PS6.jpg)

Cylinder Seal with the Name of Pepy I, ca. 2338–2298 B.C.E. Steatite, 2 13/16 x Diam. 3/4 in. (7.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.123.32_with_impression_PS6.jpg)

<em>Cylinder Seal with the Name of Pepy I</em>, ca. 2338–2298 B.C.E. Steatite, 2 13/16 x Diam. 3/4 in. (7.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.123.32_view2_PS6.jpg)

Cylinder Seal with the Name of Pepy I, ca. 2338–2298 B.C.E. Steatite, 2 13/16 x Diam. 3/4 in. (7.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.123.32_view2_PS6.jpg)

<em>Cylinder Seal with the Name of Pepy I</em>, ca. 2338–2298 B.C.E. Steatite, 2 13/16 x Diam. 3/4 in. (7.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.44.123.32_erg2.jpg)

Cylinder Seal with the Name of Pepy I, ca. 2338–2298 B.C.E. Steatite, 2 13/16 x Diam. 3/4 in. (7.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.44.123.32_erg2.jpg)

<em>Cylinder Seal with the Name of Pepy I</em>, ca. 2338–2298 B.C.E. Steatite, 2 13/16 x Diam. 3/4 in. (7.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.44.123.32_impression.jpg)

Cylinder Seal with the Name of Pepy I, ca. 2338–2298 B.C.E. Steatite, 2 13/16 x Diam. 3/4 in. (7.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.44.123.32_impression.jpg)

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Cylinder Seal with the Name of Pepy I

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Steatite
  • Place Made: Egypt
    • DATES ca. 2338–2298 B.C.E.
    DYNASTY Dynasty 6
    PERIOD Old Kingdom
    DIMENSIONS 2 13/16 x Diam. 3/4 in. (7.1 x 1.9 cm)  (show scale)
    INSCRIPTIONS "lector-priest, master of secrets; lector-priest who does what his lord commands; lector-priest who does what his lord favors; King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Mery-re, living forever; the Horus, Mery-tawy, Mery-re."
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 44.123.32
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    PROVENANCE Archaeological provenance not yet documented; before 1944, acquired by Dikran Kelekian of Paris, France and New York, NY; 1944, purchased from Dikran Kelekian by the Brooklyn Museum.
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    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Long black steatite cylinder seal, very large perforation. Inscription in five vertical columns giving the Horus name and cartouche of King Mery-re (Pepy I) together with the titles of a Lector who is not named. Inscription reads: "The Lector-Priest, Chief over the secret things, the Lector-Priest, doing what his Lord commands, the Lector-Priest, doing what his Lord praises, King of Lower and Upper Egypt, Mery-re, living eternally, the Horus Mery-taui, Mery-re." Condition: One large and several smaller chips at top and bottom.
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    CAPTION Cylinder Seal with the Name of Pepy I, ca. 2338–2298 B.C.E. Steatite, 2 13/16 x Diam. 3/4 in. (7.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.123.32_view1_PS6.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, 44.123.32_view1_PS6.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011
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    <em>Cylinder Seal with the Name of Pepy I</em>, ca. 2338–2298 B.C.E. Steatite, 2 13/16 x Diam. 3/4 in. (7.1 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.123.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.123.32_view1_PS6.jpg)

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    Cylinder Seal
    Pepy I
    Old Kingdom
    Steatite

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    Steatite

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