A rare, original and complete Egyptian terracotta funerary cone of Pabasa, 26th Dynasty, reign of Psamtik I, c. 664 - 610 BC, the face with the impression from a circular stamp containing 4 lines of hieroglyphic text reading 'Osiris, prophet of Amun-re, the king of the gods, overseer of the prophets of Upper Land gods, overseer of whole Upper Egypt, chief steward, divine adoratress, Pabasa, son of the one of one beloved of the god, Padibaset, his mother, Tasenetenhor'. L: 7 1/5 in (18.3cm), D: 3 2/5 in (8.7cm). Some weathering to the impression. Davies and Macadam, A Corpus of Inscribed Egyptian Funerary Cones, 1957, Oxford, no. 468; Das Grab des Padihorresnet, Obervermögensverwalter der Gottesgemahlin des Amun, (2003), p. 203, 507; Ex property of a Lexington, Virginia estate.

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