Seals were used to denote property. Most are trunked pyramids with or without hieroglyphs under the base1. They are uncommon (seals were mainly scarabs, frogs, hedgehogs, etc.) and made in green or blue materials with limestone and basalt. They were placed on the fingers or on the torso of mummies1 of Dynasty 26 onwards
Gold sheet
H 2.2, W 1.8
Dynasty 26-29
MET #23.10.40
Gold, carnelian, turquoise and lapis lazuli with terminals in lotus flowers W 10.3, H. 8.6
Early Ptolemaic Period
MET #49.121.1
Green glaze with falcon heads terminals with sun disc
W 10.0, H 8.3
Late Ptolemaic-early Roman
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References
1Andrews C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, 1994, p. 97 and Figs. 99d-f