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as literacy was reserved for the Mayan elite
The Holmes a Court Collection
each having repeating stylized cross elements with roundel borders
The Desart Janganpa Gallery
Provenance: Private collection of Lady Gloria Dale (1922 - 2013 )
A rare Egyptian Steatite Cylinder Seal with Anubis, Early Dynastic Period - Old Kingdom, ca. 3000 - 2750 BCE Amulets - Protection as literacy was reserved forCarved 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
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