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LOT 0462
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Ineni
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1514-1458 B.C.
5 3/8 in. (755 grams, 13.8 cm).
Large portion of a tapering cone with the circular flat end impressed with four horizontal lines of hieroglyphic text reading: 'Count, overseer of the (double) granary of Amun, overseer of all the sealed things in the domain of Amun, scribe, Inen(i), true of voice'. [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. 480, for the cone type.
FootnotesIneni enjoyed a long and highly successful career, serving under five pharaohs (Amenhotep I, Thutmosis I, Thutmosis II, Hatshepsut, and Thutmosis III). His large rock-cut tomb (TT 81) is at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Thebes.
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LOT 0462
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Ineni
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Turquoise Blue Glazed Faience Shabti Ten-ankhet
Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, circa 1077-943 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £35
Squat mummiform body wearing a lappet wig encircled at the top by a sash band, with crossed arms and hands holding black-painted hoes, a seed bag across the mid-back, and a column of black-painted hieroglyphic text on the lower body reading: 'The Osiris, Ten-ankhet, true of voice.' 74.17 grams, 96 mm
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. -
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Nedjem
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 15th century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £80
Portion of a tapering cone with the circular flat end impressed with four columns of hieroglyphic text reading: 'Honoured by Osiris, favoured (one) of the good god, royal butler (?) of the overseer (of the crew?) of Amun, Nedjem, true of voice'. 494 grams, 21.4 cm
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.
The Theban tomb of Nedjem 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.
