khetem, “a seal,”
khetem, “to close,” or “to seal up.” In Hebrew the word is חֹתָם, which survives in the Arabic, خَاتِمٌ, khatim, “a signet,” or “signet ring.” The determinatives
and
represent a cylinder-seal, with string for suspension; Petrie, Medûm, p. 33; cf. p. 45, figs. 18, 19, of this volume, and Griffith, Beni Hasan, III, p. 15. The intermediate form between these two signs is found in sculptures in the tomb of Tahutihetep at Bersheh (Newberry, El Bersheh, I, Pl. XX).
[3]. American Law Review, Vol. XXVIII, p. 25.
[4]. C. W. King. Hand-book of Engraved Gems, pp. 4 and 5.
[5]. American Law Review, Vol. XXV, p. 25.