Item: Button seal with protective uraei or Horus falcons flanking kheper beetle, holding rising sun.
Culture: Egyptian.
Dating: New Kingdom, 1550 - 1070 B.C.
Material: Steatite.
Dimensions: 13 mm diameter.
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Item: Button seal with protective uraei or Horus falcons flanking kheper beetle, holding rising sun
Material: Steatite
Culture: Egyptian
Period: New Kingdom, 1550 - 1070 B.C
Dimensions: 13 mm diameter
Condition: Good condition
In ancient Egypt, material culture often combines function, symbolism and status. Adornment, amulets and funerary pieces play a central role in religious practices and social representation.
Attribution: Egyptian. Dating indicated: New Kingdom, 1550 - 1070 B.C.
Preserved as a comparison anchor within the Antikarts corpus.
Primary value lies in typology, stated dating and the associated traceability trail.
Provenance (summary): Ex American egyptologist collection, active in the early part of the 20th century, brought to the US with the family in 1954..
Record preserved in the Antikarts Museum as a documentary reference.
Archived source: https://www.yourantiquarian.com/product/egyptian-button-seal-with-protective-uraei-or-horus-falcons-flanking-kheper-beetle-holding-rising-sun/.
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