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LOT 0011
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Aakheperka
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1400 B.C.
3 5/8 in. (413 grams, 93 mm).
The front portion of a tapering funerary cone with the flat circular end impressed with three complete and one partial column of hieroglyphic text, reading: 'The Osiris, weapons bearer of Thutmose I, Aakheperka, true of voice [before the great] god'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Abdoul Rassoul on the West Bank at Luxor, 1974-1980, when a guest lecturer.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
Cf. Davies, N. de G. & Laming Macadam F., A Corpus of Inscribed Egyptian Funerary Cones, Oxford, 1957, no. 103, for the type.
FootnotesAakheperka's tomb remains unknown.
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LOT 0011
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Aakheperka
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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