A Royal Egyptian Glazed Steatite Cylinder Seal for King Amenemhat II, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1914-1879/76 BCE Weights & Measures Thereafter private NYC collection

Thereafter private NYC collection

3g) of 24K gold

thence by descent to his grand-nephew Comte Henri de Boisgelin (1901 – 1967)

it is clear that only the front was meant to be seen

A Royal Egyptian Glazed Steatite Cylinder Seal for King Amenemhat II, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1914-1879/76 BCE Weights & Measures Thereafter private NYC collectioncarved from steatite, with traces of the original glaze remaining, particularly around the inscription that reads: "Nubkaure [Amenemhat II, 12th Dynasty] beloved of Sobek of Sumenu". Sumenu was the cult center of Sobek, the crocodile god of Upper Egypt, and a little south of Luxor. Cylinder seals of 12th Dynasty kings naming them and Sobek (sometimes Sobek of Sumenu, sometimes of Shedyt) are well attested. Background: Amenemhet II, was the grandson of