Funerary Cone of Amenemopet called Tjanefer

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On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 117

The end of this funerary cone has the impression of a round stamp seal inscribed for a man named Amenemopet (Amen-em-opet) who was also known as Tjanefer (Tja-nefer). He was a scribe of accounts of the grain of Amun, the principal god of ancient Thebes (Modern Luxor). Amenemopet also had the title overseer of the fields and was the owner of Theban tomb 297 (TT 297).

In 1909, the Museum acquired this cone and two others with the same stamp (09.185.12, .20), and in 1915, while excavating an uninscribed tomb near TT 297, Museum archaeologists uncovered five more (15.10.2–.4, .22, .23). The best preserved impressions are on cones 15.10.2 and 15.10.23.

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Funerary Cone of Amenemopet called Tjanefer, Pottery

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Funerary Cone of Amenemopet called Tjanefer, Pottery
Funerary Cone of Amenemopet called Tjanefer, Pottery

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