funerary cone titles

funerary cone titles

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This is a funerary cone with hieroglyphs on the base. It names a priest.

It is from Egypt but the exact location is unknown. Over a long period, it was fashionable to place clay funerary cones, about 300 of them, above the tomb entrance. Egyptologists think they represented the sun, and so gave a link to rebirth. The end is usually stamped with the name and titles of the dead person. This is a funerary cone with hieroglyphs on the base. It names a priest. It is made from clay. We do not know how old this object is.

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