371, Lot: 1166. Estimate $300. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Terra cotta funerary cone of Mutirdis. 18th-26th Dynasty, circirca 1523-525 BC. Outer end inscribed “Honored by Osiris, master of retainers of the divine adoratrice Mutirdis, daughter of Paheb, true of voice, her mother, lady of the hourse, (being) Isisenpermes, true of voice by Osiris.” Diameter: 9.5cm. Tail missing. Well preserved with a clear, lengthy inscription. Dibley & Lipkin 387.

From the Carl Devries Collection.