Funerary Cone of Amenemka and His Wife Meryre

Funerary Cone of Amenemka and His Wife Meryre

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for a second prophet of Menkheperre (Thutmose III) Kaemamun and his wife, the singer of Amun, Meryre. For another example of this impression see 15.2.64 and for a drawing see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 228.

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.