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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 has the impression of a stamp inscribed for a scribe of the offering table named Amenhotep. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 593.
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Title: Funerary Cone of the Scribe Amenhotep
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Date: ca. 1550–1295 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes; Probably from Asasif
Medium: Pottery
Dimensions: Preserved L. 16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.); Diam. 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1913
Accession Number: 13.180.68
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