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LOT 0393
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Menkheperreseneb
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY B.C.
4 in. (554 grams, 10.4 cm).
Front portion of a tapering funerary cone, with the circular flat surface impressed with four vertical columns of hieroglyphs, reading: 'The Osiris, hereditary prince, count, chancellor of the king of Lower Egypt, first god's servant of Amun, Menkheperreseneb, 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. 100, for the cone type.
FootnotesMenkheperreseneb served under the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Thutmosis III. His tomb (TT 86) is in the Theban necropolis at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna.
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LOT 0393
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Menkheperreseneb
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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