Translated Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone for Huy
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Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1292 BCE. A terracotta funerary cone with a tapered body and a broad, circular face bearing a dedicatory inscription consisting of four columns for a scribe of the king named Huy. Funerary cones, representing the ends of chapel roof support beams, were traditionally inserted in rows (their flat ends facing outward) above the mud brick entrances of the superstructures of non-royal tombs in Thebes. Made of fired Nile mud, cones like these are some of our earliest written records. Most are found in the Theban Necropolis in Upper Egypt and the surrounding area, where the tradition seems to have been particularly strong. When translated this cone reads, "The venerated one in the presence of Osiris, the king's scribe, Huy of Hut-heret-ib, true of voice." Hut-heret-ib was a city in the 10th nome (administrative district) of Lower Egypt near Athribis. Size: 5.125" L x 3.2" W (13 cm x 8.1 cm)
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Dr. Sid Port collection, California, USA, acquired in 1980
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#157797
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Dr. Sid Port collection, California, USA, acquired in 1980
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
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#157797
Condition
Loss to back end as shown. Nicks, pitting, and light encrustations to body and inscription, with minor softening to some hieroglyphic characters, and fading to red-orange pigment. Nice earthen deposits throughout. Hieroglyphs are still legible.
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Translated Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone for Huy
Estimate $1,500 - $2,250
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