sealing types

Types of stoppers with a sealing

in the Early Dynastic Period and the Old Kingdom
(after Engel 2000)

sealing around a hemispheric cap (for wine jars)

example:

Sealing from Bet Khallaf (Third Dynasty)

sealing around a conical cap (for wine jars)

example:

Sealing from Bet Khallaf (Third Dynasty)

sealing around a sharp-edged cap (for wine jars)

flat cap with rounded edges (for ovoid vessels; imported vessels)

plugs/stopper in the neck of a vessels (for ovoid vessels)

hemispheric clay catch on the outside of a vessel; the vessel itself was closed with a piece of garment (for wine jars, imported vessels, stone vessels)