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Cylinder seal found in the upper fill of a grave from the Hellenistic period (G.15015) in the Yunus necropolis. The grave, dug in a narrow and deep pit, had been robbed in antiquity of its rich contents (but a few of them remained, such as some…

Stele fragment

Stele fragment

Stele fragment

Stele fragment

Stele fragment

Stele fragment

Stele fragment

Stele fragment

Stele fragment

Stele fragment

Stele fragment

Complete, perforated biconvex seal found in a debris layer above roadway L.12301 along the Seal-house, together with a cylinder seal (KH.21.O.501), thirteen bowl fragments with DEUS marks (e.g. Cat. no. 14) and a painted pithos (Cat. no. 12). The…

Complete hanging sealing, drop-shaped, with a pierced hole on the top for the string encased into the lump of clay, from the eastern room in the Seal-house. Hanging sealings (or bulla in literature), cone-, pyramid-, drop- and cylinder-shaped, are…

Cylinder seal retrieved from the fill (F.11703) of a Hellenistic period pit (P.11704), cut into the a mudbrick wall (W.11388) of the Late Bronze II monumental building. The surface of the seal, made of calcareous stone, appears quite worn and, thus,…

Tiny sealing fragment. On the obverse there is part of a seal impressions with hieroglyphic signs (Zini's). Too fragmentary for any functional interpretation.

The study of the back of these sealings reveals that three of them were originally fastened to a cylindrical wooden-peg (closing a door or a lid) with at least four laps of twisted string around it (Cat. nos. 27-29), as shown by the concave surface…

The study of the back of these sealings reveals that three of them were originally fastened to a cylindrical wooden-peg (closing a door or a lid) with at least four laps of twisted string around it (Cat. nos. 27-29), as shown by the concave surface…

Five fragments (restored) of medium-sized sealing. On the obverse it presents at least four stamp seal impressions with hieroglyphic sings. On the reverse there are three possible large rope signs.

Nearly half preserved large door sealing (several fragments restored) with seven seal impression from the same cylinder seal with tracesof gold cups ( h. 3.2, 3.7 with the cups). The scene depicting three gods standing on animals is framed by a…