Funerary Cone of the King's Son of Kush Merymose
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 Merymose who was king's son of Kush (viceroy) and owned Theban tomb 383. For other examples of this type of cone, see 15.2.52, .53, .57, .60; 13.180.69; and 30.6.73. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 170.