Funerary Cone of the Scribe Min

Funerary Cone of the Scribe Min

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This cone has the impression of a stamp seal inscribed for an overseer of the priests (prophets) of the god Onuris named Min who was the owner of Theban tomb 109. For another example of this type of cone see 30.6.116 and for a drawing see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 109.

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.