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LOT 0484
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Amenhotep, Called Huy
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, MID-TO-LATE 14TH CENTURY B.C.
2 3/8 in. (174 grams, 61 mm).
Sizeable portion of a funerary cone with a tapering profile and a circular flat end impressed with a partial stamp, which, when complete with five columns of text, would read: 'Honoured by Osiris, hereditary prince, Amenhotep, called Huy, the famous person in the entire land, born of the dignitary Hepu.' [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. 10, for the complete stamp design.
FootnotesAlthough funerary cones of Amenhotep have circulated for a long time, his tomb was documented only in 1996 by the German Egyptologist Friederike Kampp-Seyfried (tomb 396), primarily on the basis of the number of funerary cones found at the site. In this example, the cone appears to have been made too small to accommodate the full stamp design.
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LOT 0484
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Amenhotep, Called Huy
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Phoenician Terracotta Head Group
Mid 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
One mould formed with shoulder-length hair and puffy features; the other hollow to the reverse. 28.5 grams total, 33-34 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Aakheperka
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1400 B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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'. 413 grams, 93 mm
Acquired 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.
Aakheperka's tomb remains unknown. -
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Egyptian Blue Glazed Shabti of Iset-em-khebit
Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, circa 1077-943 B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £320
Squat mummiform figure wearing a black-painted tripartite wig, arms crossed, holding agricultural implements and a seed bag across the back, painted in black; a hieroglyphic panel on the lower body reading: 'The Osiris, Iset-em-khebit (Ꜣs.t-m-Ꜣḫ-bı͗.t)'. 80 grams, 93 mm
Ex Carl Leonhard Burckhardt-Reinhard (1902-1965), formed since 1922, Egypt. Inherited by his son Christopher Burckhardt in 1966, Switzerland. Since then in the possession of his wife, Switzerland.
Shabtis for Iset-em-khebit were recovered from the second 'Priest's of Amun Cache' at Deir el-Bahari.
