Funerary Cone of the Scribe Amenemopet
This cone has the impression of a stamp matrix inscribed for a man named Amenemopet (Amen-em-opet) who was also known as Tjanefer (Tja-nefer). He was scribe who kept accounts of the grain belonging to the god Amun and also had the title overseer of the fields. Amenemopet owned Theban tomb 297 (TT 297) which is in the Khokha cemetery of the Theban necropolis, behind the former field headquarters of the Museum's Egyptian Expedition.
In 1915, while cleareing TT 297 and two uninscsribed tombs nearby, the Museum’s archaeologists uncovered this cone and four others (15.10.2, .4, .22, .23). Three more cones in the collection have the same stamp (09.185.12, .17, .20). The best preserved impressions are on cones 15.10.2 and 15.10.23.
In 1915, while cleareing TT 297 and two uninscsribed tombs nearby, the Museum’s archaeologists uncovered this cone and four others (15.10.2, .4, .22, .23). Three more cones in the collection have the same stamp (09.185.12, .17, .20). The best preserved impressions are on cones 15.10.2 and 15.10.23.
Artwork Details
- Title: Funerary Cone of the Scribe Amenemopet
- Period: New Kingdom
- Dynasty: Dynasty 18
- Reign: reign of Thutmose IV–Amenhotep III
- Date: ca. 1400–1352 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Khokha, Tomb MMA 828 (Ḫ 4), courtyard rubbish, MMA excavations, 1915
- Medium: Pottery
- Dimensions: H. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); W. 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.); L. 19.8 cm (7 13/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1915
- Object Number: 15.10.3
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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