Document Sealing With the Throne Name of Amenhotep III ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom This sealing preserved two partial impressions of the same seal. Only the right half of the seal can be reconstructed. It shows a seated king wearing the double crown and holding a maat-feather (a writing of ,"Nebmaatre, Amenhotep III's throne name). Behind the king are hieroglyphs that spell the word "rejoicing," part of the name of Amenhotep's festival city at Malqata which was called the "House of Rejoicing." The other part of this phrase (House of) was probably written at the far left of the seal. Below the king is a hieroglyph representing the word "beloved" which suggests that the original seal had the image of a seated god facing the king. At the northern end of Malqata there is a temple built of mud brick, many of which are stamped "The Temple of Amun in the House of Rejoicing," so it is possible that the god represented on the seal was Amun. If so, it would be possible to reconstruct the orig

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Document Sealing With the Throne Name of Amenhotep III ca. 1390-1353 B.C. New Kingdom This sealing preserved two partial impressions of the same seal. Only the right half of the seal can be reconstructed. It shows a seated king wearing the double crown and holding a maat-feather (a writing of ,"Nebmaatre, Amenhotep III's throne name). Behind the king are hieroglyphs that spell the word "rejoicing," part of the name of Amenhotep's festival city at Malqata which was called the "House of Rejoicing." The other part of this phrase (House of) was probably written at the far left of the seal. Below the king is a hieroglyph representing the word "beloved" which suggests that the original seal had the image of a seated god facing the king. At the northern end of Malqata there is a temple built of mud brick, many of which are stamped "The Temple of Amun in the House of Rejoicing," so it is possible that the god represented on the seal was Amun. If so, it would be possible to reconstruct the orig

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