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Funerary Cone of Amenemhat and His Wife Tahut

Unknown Artist

This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a goldsmith of Amun-Re named Amenemhat and his wife, the housemistress Tahut. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 220.

Credit: Gift of Norman de Garis Davies, 1930

c. 1550-1295 B.C.
Pottery
3.9in
30.6.33
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2020

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