Funerary Cone of the High Priest Ahmose

Unknown

ca. 1479–1425 B.C. · Pottery · Egyptian Art

This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a man named Ahmose who was high priest of Amun in the mortuary temple of Thutmose III and owned Theban tomb 121. For other examples of this type of cone see 09.185.16; 30.6.126; 31.3.169. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 297. Ahmose also had a second second type of stamped cone - see 15.10.8; 35.3.331, 35.3.332 (http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 300).

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1479–1425 B.C.

Medium

Pottery

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1915