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LOT 0445
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Montuemhat
LATE PERIOD, 25TH-26TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 700-650 B.C.
3 3/8 in. (380 grams, 86 mm wide).
The front part of a large tapering funerary cone, with the circular flat end impressed with four horizontal lines of hieroglyphic text, reading: "Fourth prophet of Amun, mayor of the city Montuemhat, true of voice, son of the prophet of Amun, scribe of the offering-table in the
house of Amun, mayor of the city Nesptah, true of voice". [No Reserve]
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.
LiteratureCf. Davies, N. de G. & Laming Macadam F., A Corpus of Inscribed Egyptian Funerary Cones, Oxford, 1957, no. 486, for the cone type.
FootnotesMontuemhat, Mayor of Thebes and Governor of Upper Egypt, was possibly the most powerful official in southern Egypt of his era. He built one of the largest and most lavishly decorated non-royal tombs known (TT34), which still dominates the Asasif landscape today.
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LOT 0445
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Montuemhat
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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