Funerary Cone of the Scribe Amenhotep

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ca. 1550–1295 B.C. · Pottery · Egyptian Art

Used as architectural decoration, funerary cones were arranged along the upper edge of the facades of private tombs at Thebes. This Cone has the impression of a stamp inscribed for a scribe of the offering table named Amenhotep. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 593.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1550–1295 B.C.

Medium

Pottery

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1913