403 - Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Amenhotep. The Peter Clayton Egyptian Collection (Lots 1-32 & 391-500)

Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Amenhotep. The Peter Clayton Egyptian Collection (Lots 1-32 & 391-500) New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 15th-14th century B.C. Conical, with three horizontal lines of hieroglyphic text to the end, reading: 'Scribe of reckoning barley of Amun, Amenhotep, true of voice'; tip absent. Cf. Davies, N. de G. & Laming Macadam F., A Corpus of Inscribed Egyptian Funerary Cones, Oxford, 1957, no. 557, for the cone type. 350 grams, 78 mm wide (3 in.). [No Reserve] Acquired from Abdoul Rassoul on the West Bank at Luxor, 1974-1980 when a guest lecturer. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Although funerary cones of Amenhotep have been in circulation for a long time, his tomb was documented only in 1996 by Friederike Kampp-Seyfried, who assigned it the number 336. TimeLine Auctions follows a rigorous vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists. See our website for more information.