Funerary Cone of Userhat

Funerary Cone of Userhat

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This funerary cone has the impression of a seal inscribed for an overseer of the royal harim named Userhat who owned TT 47 in the Khokha section of the Theban necropolis. The inscription also names his father, Neh, his mother, Sennu, and his wife, the house mistress Maiay.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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.