Funerary Cone of the Scribe Pawah and His Wife, Henutwadju

Funerary Cone of the Scribe Pawah and His Wife, Henutwadju

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This funerary cone is stamped with the impression of a seal inscribed for a scribe named Pawah and his wife, Henutwadju. Funerary cones were used to decorate the facades of private tombs in western Thebes and multiple copies were made (see 30.6.18). For a drawing of this impression, see http://www.funerarycones.com/, 117.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Funerary Cone of the Scribe Pawah and His Wife, HenutwadjuFunerary Cone of the Scribe Pawah and His Wife, HenutwadjuFunerary Cone of the Scribe Pawah and His Wife, HenutwadjuFunerary Cone of the Scribe Pawah and His Wife, HenutwadjuFunerary Cone of the Scribe Pawah and His Wife, Henutwadju

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.