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Funerary Cone of Si-Iset

This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a man named Si-Iset who was standard-bearer for the king's boat khaemmaat. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 249.

Credit: Gift of Norman de Garis Davies, 1930

c. 1550-1295 B.C.
Pottery
1.2in
30.6.94
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2020

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