18th Dynasty, Reign of Amenhotep III, circa 1410 -1372 B.C. A funerary cone bearing hieroglyphs to the base in raised relief reading: ?m??y ?r ?s?r s?-nswt n kš mry-ms 'The revered one before Osiris, King's Son of Kush, Merymose'; the title of 'King's Son' is often given the modern term 'Viceroy.' Cf. Davies, N. de G., and MacAdam, M.F.L., A Corpus of Inscribed Egyptian Funerary Cones, Part I, Oxford, 1957, No.170. 307 grams, 12 cm (4 3/4 in.). From an old UK collection. Acquired 1960s-1990s. From the private collection of Alf Baxendale (1941-2016), keen Egyptologist, member of the Egyptology Society, trustee of the Amarna Trust; thence by descent. Accompanied by an identification display card. Accompanied by an offprint on funerary cones relevant to Mermose for the Honoured Before Osiris the Viceroy of Kush. Accompanied by a copy of his obituary published in Horizon, The Amarna Project and Amarna Trust newsletter, Issue 18, 2017, p.21, by Barry John Kemp, CBE, FBA, Professor Emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Cambridge and directing excavations at Amarna in Egypt. Merymose (also Mermose or Merimes) was one of the longest known serving Viceroys of Kush, occupying his post for over thirty years during the reign of Amenhotep III. He ruled the south from his capital at Mi'am, modern Aniba, and was granted a tomb at Thebes, where he was also provided with three diorite sarcophagi, a highly unusual honour to have been bestowed on a non-royal official. His Theban tomb is numbered TT383. Alf Baxendale (1941-2016), was a keen amateur Egyptologist, active from the 1960s. He was a good friend of Egyptologist Barry John Kemp who directs excavations at Amarna in Egypt. Alf helped raise funds for equipment and materials for the excavations since the 1980s, and also secured a major sponsorship from one of Britain’s leading brewers, Scottish and Newcastle. He was a member of the Egyptology Society, and became a founder trustee of the Amarna Trust in 2005. Alf bequeathed a major part of his extensive library to the Amarna Project’s offices in Cairo. [No Reserve]