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Egyptian Funerary Cone of Djehuty-Mes, New Kingdom, 1570-1070 BC

Funerary cone of the priest Djehuty-Mes. The twofold rectangular impression bears two lines of hieroglyphs reading: (1) The great Wab-priest of Amun, (2) Djehuty-Mes.

Funerary cones represent the ends of roof support beams. They were inserted in rows, their inscribed flat ends facing outward, above the entrances of non-royal tombs in Thebes.

The cone is registered as fig. no. 271 in: M. Macadam, N. Davies. A Corpus of Inscribed Egyptian Funerary Cones. Oxford 1957.

Pristine condition of the stamps which are still  covered with the original red pigment. The shaft reconstituted from fragments. Point missing.

D. 7.4 cm (2.9 in)
L. 16.6 cm (6.5 in)

Swiss private collection, established between 1968 and 1978.

1450 USD