Abydos / builder's cramp with cartouche of Seti I / Wood

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1971.02.0175
Object Name: builder's cramp with cartouche of Seti I
Lot: BayView Association
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Tools
Materials: Wood
Weight: 760g
Inscribed: 160
Full Artifact Description: Builder's cramp inscribed with the name of Seti I. Wood.
Subjects: Cartouche of Seti I
Verbatim Date: 1291 - 1271 BC
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Abydos
Countermark: 161
Exhibition Title: The Beginning of Understanding; Writing in the Ancient World; Preserving Eternity: Modern Goals, Ancient Intentions; Death in Ancient Egypt: Preserving Eternity; Case 13 - Temple
Exhibition Curator: Allen, Marti Lu; Dix, T. Keith; Richards, Janet; Wilfong, Terry
Exhibition Year: 1995
Type Category: 30

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1971.02.0175
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1971.02.0175/dscn2815.jpg

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Full citation: "Abydos; builder's cramp with cartouche of Seti I; Wood." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1971.02.0175/dscn2815.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed July 27, 2024.