Funerary Cone of the Scribe Nakht and His Wife Tawy

Funerary Cone of the Scribe Nakht and His Wife Tawy

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This cone has the impression of an oval stamp seal inscribed for the scribe Nakht who was owner of Theban tomb 52. His wife, the singer of Amun Tawy, is also named.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Funerary Cone of the Scribe Nakht and His Wife TawyFunerary Cone of the Scribe Nakht and His Wife TawyFunerary Cone of the Scribe Nakht and His Wife TawyFunerary Cone of the Scribe Nakht and His Wife TawyFunerary Cone of the Scribe Nakht and His Wife Tawy

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.