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Funerary cone

Egyptian
New Kingdom

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Height x diameter: 4.4 x 6.6 cm (1 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.5000
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsArchitectural elements

Catalogue Raisonné Davies & MacAdam 498
DescriptionFunerary cone fragment with cone end missing; circular stamp on opposite end has three horizontal registers (indistinct). Davies and MacAdam #498. Owner: Iky; Title: Overseer of Prophets of Montu.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.