Clay Cone Seal
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Jan 1885
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. George W. Samson
label: Site Name
content: Memphis
notes: label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Funerary cone of Montuemhet, 664-525 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. This cone names Montuemhet, the most important Theban official of his time, and his wife Shepenmut. Some 100 cones from above Montuemhet's tomb entrance survive, and they name his mother and his four wives.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Memphis, Lower Egypt, Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ancient Egyptian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 015674
label: USNM Number
content: A74843-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Seal