Funerary Cone of the Scribe Nakht and His Wife Tawy
Object type: Cone, Nakht, oval impression, hour watcher, scribe, Tawy, chantress, Amun
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: later reign of Amenhotep II–mid-reign of  Amenhotep III
Date: ca. 1410–1370 B.C.
Medium: Pottery
Dimensions: Preserved L. 3 cm (1 3/16 in.); Diam. 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.)
Geography: From|Probably originally from  |  Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Locale: Tomb of Nakht, TT 52
Credit line: Gift of Norman de Garis Davies, 1930
Accession year: 1930
Tags: Hieroglyphs