Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone 18th Dynasty Ca. 1550 to 1992 B.C.

Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone 18th Dynasty Ca. 1550 to 1992 B.C. Size 7 inches length, 2 1/2 inches diameter. (17.8 cm) A large size complete cone, with impressed with four vertical lines of hieroglyphic text. Funerary cones, representing the ends of chapel roof support beams, were traditionally inserted in rows (their flat ends facing outward) above the mud brick entrances of the superstructures of non-royal tombs in Thebes. .cf. M. F. L. Macadam (ed.) A Corpus of Inscribed Egyptian Funerary Cones, Part I, plates (Oxford 1957). Also Teeter, Emily “Scarabs, Scaraboids, Seals and seal Impressions from Medinet Habu” Oriental Institute. Also see Cf. Mummies & Magic, NFA Boston. Provenance: Ex. Private New York city Egyptologist collection acquired from Arte Primitivo. Ex. collection of the late Dr. Ulrich Muller, Switzerland; acquired between 1968 & 1978

minor wear else in good condition