“Scribe of the Army of the the Lord of Two Lands”

393, Lot: 720. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Terracotta funerary cone of Meny(?). Egypt, 18th-26th Dynasties, circa 1523-525 BC. Outer end inscribed: “The Osiris, scribe of the army of the Lord of Two Lands, Meny(?).” Dimensions: 7.3x6.9cm. Broken and repaired. Tail missing. Dibley & Lipkin 292.

From the Carl Devries Collection.

“Lord of the Two Lands” refers to the Pharaoh, who ruled over Upper and Lower Egypt.