Stamp Seal in Shape of a Cat, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1450 , From Egypt, Glazed steatite, H. 7/16 x 5/16 in. (

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Stamp Seal in Shape of a Cat, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1450 , From Egypt, Glazed steatite, H. 7/16 x 5/16 in. ( x cm), Two stamp seals, one in the shape of a duck and one in the shape of a cat are inscribed with the name of Amenhotep I, the second king of Dynasty 18. Amenhotep I and his mother, Ahmose-Nefertari, were the patrons of the Theban necropolis, the series of royal and non-royal cemeteries located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the modern city of Luxor

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