Seals of an office
Name of a king and titles of an official, without the name of the official. This kind of seal appears already in the First Dynasty. In the Fourth Dynasty they become the main seals for officials. Names of officials do not appear any longer in the Old Kingdom on administrative seals. These seals do not belong to a single person, but were perhaps handed over from one holder of the office to the next.
Seal UC 11107 (King Djedkare; Fifth Dynasty) blue: name of the king (Horus Djed-khau) red: titles of an official (Hm-nTr
njt wpwt wAjwt, Hm-nTr Hwt-Hr nfrt - Kaplony 1981: 311-312, no. 4; pl. 85.4 |
Seal UC 11106 (king Neferefre; Fifth Dynasty) blue - xrp wsxt - controller of
the broad hall all other inscriptions are titulary of king Neferefre |
Seal UC 11109 (king
Pepy I; Sixth Dynasty) red - Spss-njswt smr-pr mrwt nb.f ra nb - the nobleman of the king, friend of the house, beloved of his lord every day blue - Sps-njswt jrr Hzzt nb.f - the nobleman of the king, who does what his lord praises green - Spss-njswt smr-pr jrr Hzzt nTr.f - the nobleman of the king, friend of the house, who does what his god praises all other inscriptions on the seal belong to the titulary of king Pepy I Kaplony 1981: 379-380, no. 16; pl. 103.16 |
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