Object Title
Funeral Cone of Mentuemhat
Measurements
18.4 x 7.3 cm
Creation Date
690-610 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Sands of Time Antiquities
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/24270/funeral-cone-of-mentuemhat?ctx=1163bb22dd2d16abe020454ae7f5b419d82fb51e&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Dr. Ulrich Muller, Zurich, Switzerland, acquried 1968-1978. With Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Washington DC. With Christie's New York, June 3, 2009, lot 11 (unsold). Gifted to MCCM by McGovern-Huffman.
Exhibition Information
Lost Kingdoms of the Nile: Nubian Treasures from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 9 - August 31, 2008
Publication Information
Christie's New York, Antiquities (3 June 2009), 6, lot 11.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
The Carlos continues to conduct provenance research on this and all objects in our collection.