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LOT 0029
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Montuemhat
LATE PERIOD, 25TH-26TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 700-650 B.C.
4 3/4 in. (626 grams total, 12.2 cm wide including stand).
Front portion of a tapering funerary cone for the high official, Montuemhat, the circular front impressed with the depiction of a solar bark surmounting four columns of hieroglyphs; the two left-hand columns: 'The Osiris, overseer of the southern city, Montuemhat, true of voice'; the two right-hand columns: 'The Osiris, fourth god’s servant, Montuemhat, 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. 604, for the cone type.
FootnotesAt least fourteen different cones bear Montuemhat's name, some of which mention his family members. From Montuemhat's tomb in the Asasif at Thebes (TT34).
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LOT 0029
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Montuemhat
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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