Clay Funerary Cone
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1868
name: label: Donor Name
content: John Varden
notes: label: Notes
content: Johns Hopkins University Egyptologist Betsy Bryan translates inscription: 'Honored by Osiris, chief of Medjay, Ruru, justified.'
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Funerary cone of Ruru, 1550-1298 B.C. Embedded in the masonry above tomb entrances, cones inscribed with the deceased's name and title reminded visitors to say the name out loud. Ruru was chief of the Medjay, a police force that protected Thebes from desert vandals
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Egyptian, New Kingdom Period
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 68A00003
label: USNM Number
content: A5357-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Seal