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funerary cone
Object Type
funerary cone
Museum number
EA9651
Description
Pottery funerary cone stamped with three columns of text.
Cultures/periods
New Kingdom
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Thebes (historic - Upper Egypt)
, tomb (by inference)
Materials
pottery
Type series
Davies-Macadam 170
Technique
stamped
Dimensions
Diameter:
6.60 centimetres
Length:
16 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Davies 1957 / A corpus of inscribed Egyptian funerary cones
(170)
Location
Not on display
Condition
good
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Merymose
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Giovanni Anastasi
Acquisition date
1839
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA9651
Registration number
.9651
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
BS.9651
(Birch Slip Number)