<em>Cylinder Inscribed with a King's Name</em>, ca. 2800–2780 B.C.E. Bone, 2 1/4 x Diam. 1 5/16 in. (5.7 x 3.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 53.79. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 53.79_view1_bw_SL1.jpg)

Cylinder Inscribed with a King's Name, ca. 2800–2780 B.C.E. Bone, 2 1/4 x Diam. 1 5/16 in. (5.7 x 3.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 53.79. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 53.79_view1_bw_SL1.jpg)

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Cylinder Inscribed with a King's Name

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

On View: Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor

The faintly incised inscription on this cylinder gives the name of Hetepsekhemwy, the first ruler of the Second Dynasty. His name appears within a rectangle, called a serekh, representing a palace facade. Kings were associated with the celestial falcon god Horus. Here this idea is shown through the bird’s figure perched atop the facade.

MEDIUM Bone

Place Collected: Helwan, Egypt

DATES ca. 2800–2780 B.C.E.

DYNASTY Dynasty 2

PERIOD Early Dynastic Period

DIMENSIONS 2 1/4 x Diam. 1 5/16 in. (5.7 x 3.3 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 53.79

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Inscribed with Horus name of Hetepsekhemwy. Thin walls and unusually wide opening. Condition: Intact. Interior walls encrusted.

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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor

CAPTION Cylinder Inscribed with a King's Name, ca. 2800–2780 B.C.E. Bone, 2 1/4 x Diam. 1 5/16 in. (5.7 x 3.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 53.79. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 53.79_view1_bw_SL1.jpg)

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