© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University

ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Funerary Cone

AAT Object Form/Functioncones (geometric figures)

AAT Object Form/Functionfuneral decorations

AAT Object Techniquestamping (marking)

Place CreatedThebes, Egypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodNew Kingdom

Date1539-1077 BCE

MediumClay

Credit LineCharlotte Lichirie Collection of Egyptian Art

Dimensions9 1/16 x 2 15/16 in. (23 x 7.5 cm)

Object number1999.001.100

Label TextBy the New Kingdom, the pyramid form had been abandoned by the pharaohs who chose burial in tombs in the remote Valley of the Kings. Private individuals then took over the pyramid sepulcher, but in a much-reduced form. These pyramid tombs were built of mud-brick, embellished with a frieze of clay cones that imitated the ends of wooden roofing beams. The cones were stamped with the names and titles of the tomb owner.
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - July 2008
GE Presents: The Mystery of the Albany Mummies, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, September 21, 2013 - June 8, 2014
Published ReferencesPeter Lacovara and Betsy Teasley Trope, The Realm of Osiris (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2001), 25.

ProvenanceEx coll. Niagara Falls Museum, Niagara Falls, Canada. Purchased by MCCM from William Jamieson (1954-2011) [Golden Chariot Productions], Toronto, Canada.

Status

Not on view

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