EAN: 9783447115643

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Clay sealings and cylinder seals constitute one of the most important sources for
reconstructing the administration and institutional organization of the early Egyptian state.
The impressions preserved on the sealings represent the most comprehensive corpus of early
Egyptian inscriptions. The analysis of the archaeological evidence clarifies context and
placement of the sealings in terms of time and space. The reconstruction of the sealed
container gives insight into the organization of production  distribution and storage of
products whereas the reconstruction of the seal impressions may identify administrative actors
and organizations. The nine contributions in this volume present results of recent
archaeological research and unpublished material from several find spots of Upper and Lower
Egypt (i.e. Abydos  Balat  Buto  Elephantine  and Saqqara) dating from the Early Dynastic
Period to the Old Kingdom. However  the articles are dealing not only with the archaeological
context of sealings in tombs and settlements  but also with methodological  typological  and
technical questions including a study about the interpretation of early inscriptions in
general.

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