About the Artwork
Top of a Terracotta Funerary Cone
ca. 1570 BCE
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Egyptian
Egyptian
Terracotta
Overall: 4 × 2 7/8 × 2 3/4 inches (10.2 × 7.3 × 7 cm)
Inscription
African Art
Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900
1990.217
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, stamped: Imn-m-ipt, called t3-nfr; mr-3hwt [translation of Imn-m-ipt: The Vizier and Mayor of Thebes]
Provenance
excavated from Tomb 297 (Thebes, Egypt)
1900?, gifted by the Egypt Exploration Fund
1990-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Egyptian, Top of a Terracotta Funerary Cone, ca. 1570 BCE, terracotta. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900, 1990.217.
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