
Funerary Cone of the Chief Steward Padihorresnet
An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art
This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a man named Padihorresnet who was chief steward of the divine adoratrice who was probably the owner of Theban tomb 196. For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 609.
Egyptian Art
An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art
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.