Translated Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone for Mahu
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Egypt, New Kingdom to XXVth Dynasty, ca. 1500 to 600 BCE. Long, tapered clay cone containing a circular face impressed with four registers of hieroglyphic text that reads ‘The overseer of the storehouse of Amun, Mahu, and his sister, the songstress of Amun, Mutemwia.' Funerary cones, representing the ends of chapel roof support beams, were traditionally inserted in rows (their flat ends facing outward) above the mud brick entrances of the superstructures of non-royal tombs in Thebes. Cp; Davies &. Macadam (ed.) a Corpus of Inscribed Egyptian Funerary Cones, no. 499 (Oxford 1957). Size: 2-5/8" diameter x 2-1/4"L.
Provenance: Ex-private collection of the late Dr. Ulrich Muller, Switzerland, acquired between 1968 - 1978.
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#101456
Provenance: Ex-private collection of the late Dr. Ulrich Muller, Switzerland, acquired between 1968 - 1978.
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
#101456
Condition
Tip and a good deal of cone gone, as shown.
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Translated Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone for Mahu
Estimate $800 - $1,000
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