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LOT 0028
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Montuemhat
LATE PERIOD, 25TH-26TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 700-650 B.C.
10 5/8 in. (1.41 kg total, 27 cm wide including stand).
Complete funerary cone with a long tapering form, the circular flat end impressed with four rows of hieroglyphic text, reading: 'Honoured before Osiris, fourth god’s servant (of) Amun, Montuemhat, true of voice, his wife, his beloved, king’s acquaintance, lady of the house, Shepenmut, 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. 420, for the cone type.
FootnotesMontuemhat, Mayor of Thebes and Governor of Upper Egypt, was possibly the most powerful official of his era in southern Egypt. He built one of the largest and most lavishly decorated nonroyal tombs known (TT34), which still dominates the Asasif landscape today. Shepenmut was Montuemhat's second wife.
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LOT 0028
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Montuemhat
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Menkheperreseneb
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 15th century B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £150
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.' 554 grams, 10.4 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.
Menkheperreseneb served under the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Thutmosis III. His tomb (TT 86) is in the Theban necropolis at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna.
