Funerary Cone of the Royal Scribe Menkheperreseneb

Funerary Cone of the Royal Scribe Menkheperreseneb

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a royal scribe named Menkheperresonb, owner of Theban tomb 79, who was also overseer of the double granary of Upper and Lower Egypt. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 493.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Funerary Cone of the Royal Scribe MenkheperresenebFunerary Cone of the Royal Scribe MenkheperresenebFunerary Cone of the Royal Scribe MenkheperresenebFunerary Cone of the Royal Scribe MenkheperresenebFunerary Cone of the Royal Scribe Menkheperreseneb

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.