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LOT 0482
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Amunhotep, called Huy
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1350 B.C.
2 3/4 in. (220 grams, 71 mm).
Front portion of a tapering funerary cone, with the circular flat end impressed with five columns of hieroglyphic text, reading: 'Honoured before Osiris, hereditary prince, Amunhotep, called Huy, this 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 cone type.
FootnotesAlthough funerary cones of Amenhotep have been in circulation for a long time, his Theban tomb was not documented until 1996, when the German Egyptologist Friederike Kampp-Seyfried recorded it and assigned it the number 396.
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LOT 0482
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Amunhotep, called Huy
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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