Egypt, New Kingdom 18th Dynasty, ca. 1543 to 1292 BCE. This is a terracotta funerary cone that would have been used as the end of a support beam in a chapel or temple. They were traditionally inserted into rows with their flat ends facing outwards above the mud brick entrances of the non-royal tombs in Thebes; there is a similar tradition from Mesopotamia. The cone is inscribed for - The Osiris, prophet of Amun-re king of the gods, overseer of the prophets of the gods of Upper Egypt in its entirety, chief steward of the Divine Adoratress, Pa-ba-sai, son of the ‘god’s beloved’ priest Pa-di-bastet, his mother being Ta-senet-hor. Size: 3.8" W x 7" H (9.7 cm x 17.8 cm)

Cp M. F. L. Macadam (ed.) A Corpus of Inscribed Egyptian Funerary Cones, (Oxford 1957).
Also Teeter, E. "Scarabs, Scaraboids, Seals and seal Impressions from Medinet Habu" Oriental Institute for the
translations. Complete.

Provenance: Ex Collection of the late Dr Ulrich Muller, Switzerland; acquired between 1968 & 1978.

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Intact, with some wear, but most of the inscription is perfectly clear.