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Button seal
Egyptian
Probably Second Intermediate Period
about 1783–1640 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Diameter: 1 cm (3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift from the Estate of Professor Henry Williamson Haynes
Accession Number12.803
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionFaience button seal with spiral decoration on base.
Provenance1877/1878, probably collected in Egypt by Henry Williamson Haynes (b. 1831 - d. 1912), Boston; 1912, gift of the estate of Henry William Haynes, through his sister-in-law, Sarah Harding Blanchard (b. 1846), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 18, 1912)