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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)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £275
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Acquired from Derek Content, 13 February 1976. Private collection of Kal Noselson, New York, acquired between 1976 and the late 1990s; thence by descent. Accompanied by an original handwritten invoice from Derek Content, 13 February 1976. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13454-259917.
