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New Kingdom
This funerary cone has impressions of two stamp seals. The one at the right is inscribed for a man named Wershu who was foreman of the servants of Amun. The impression at the left is inscribed for his wife, Henut. This cone came from the Sheikh Abd el-Qurna area, but examples in the Strasbourg Museum Wereshu's tomb has not been identified
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Title: Funerary Cone of Wershu and Henet
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Date: ca. 1550–1352 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes
Medium: Pottery
Dimensions: L. 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.); Diam. 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Herbert E. Winlock, 1909
Accession Number: 09.185.1
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