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New Kingdom
Used as architectural decoration, funerary cones were arranged along the upper edge of the facades of private tombs at Thebes. This cone is inscribed for a man named Ruru who was cheif of the Medjay. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 158.
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Title: Funerary Cone of the Chief of the Medjay Ruru
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Date: ca. 1550–1295 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes
Medium: Pottery
Dimensions: L. 25.5 cm (10 1/16 in.); Diam. 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Norman de Garis Davies, 1930
Accession Number: 30.6.49
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