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Funerary cone of Merymose

1390–1352 B.C.
Object PlaceThebes (Qurnet Murai), Egypt
Medium/TechniquePottery
DimensionsLength: 16.3 cm (6 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.1810
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsArchitectural elements
ProvenanceProbably from Thebes (Qurnet Murai), possibly tomb 383. By 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
(Accession date: June 27, 1872)