A rare Egyptian Steatite Cylinder Seal with Anubis, Early Dynastic Period - Old Kingdom, ca. 3000 - 2750 BCE Amulets for conveying life-sustaining power and

for conveying life-sustaining power and status

built at Dahshūr

and rounded bottom with knobbed base

Catalogue of the Pre Dynastic Egyptian Collection in the Ashmolean Museum

Drilled for suspension and strung as a pendant on a modern cord with 18K gold terminals

A rare Egyptian Steatite Cylinder Seal with Anubis, Early Dynastic Period - Old Kingdom, ca. 3000 - 2750 BCE Amulets for conveying life-sustaining power andCarved black steatite cylinder seal carved with ten stylized linear anubis figures. Seals were most often made of stone but also sometimes of bone, ivory, faience, glass, metal, wood, or even sun dried or baked clay. A recessed inscription was carved onto the cylinder, which produced a raised impression when rolled on a clay tablet or envelope. Cylinder seals were used to protect vessels, clay envelopes and storeroom door latches from tampering. They