26th Dynasty, circa 648 B.C. A fragment of the right side of a funerary cone, originally bearing two columns of hieroglyphs flanked by kneeling figures in relief reading: ?s?r ?m-n?r 4 nw ?mn mn?w-m-??t m??-?rw ?s?r ??t?-? ?m?r? šm?w mn?w-m-??t m??-?rw 'The Osiris, Fourth Prophet of Amun, Montuemhat justified. The Osiris, Mayor, Overseer of Upper Egypt, Montuemhat justified'; apanied by another fragment of a funerary cone, not ancient. Cf. Davies, N. de G., and MacAdam, M.F.L., A Corpus of Inscribed Egyptian Funerary Cones, Part I, Oxford, 1957, No.604. 386 grams total, 75-97 mm (3 - 3 3/4 in.). From an old UK collection. Acquired 1960s-1990s. From the private collection of Alf Baxendale (1941-2016), keen Egyptologist, member of the Egyptology Society, trustee of the Amarna Trust; thence by descent. Apanied by an identification display card and information slip. Apanied by an offprint on funerary cones relevant to Montuemhat. Apanied by a copy of his obituary published in Horizon, The Amarna Project and Amarna Trust newsletter, Issue 18, 2017, p.21, by Barry John Kemp, CBE, FBA, Professor Emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Cambridge and directing excavations at Amarna in Egypt. Montuemhat, one of the most well-known non-royal names from ancient Egypt, rose up through the ranks to be the fourth priest of Amun, mayor of Thebes and governor of Upper Egypt. His Theban tomb (number TT34) is the largest ever constructed for a non-royal in Egypt. Alf Baxendale (1941-2016), was a keen amateur Egyptologist, active from the 1960s. He was a good friend of Egyptologist Barry John Kemp who directs excavations at Amarna in Egypt. Alf helped raise funds for equipment and materials for the excavations since the 1980s, and also secured a major sponsor from one of Britain’s leading brewers, Scottish and Newcastle. He was a member of the Egyptology Society, and became a founder trustee of the Amarna Trust in 2005. Alf bequeathed a major part of his extensive library to the Amarna Project’s offices in Cairo. [2, No Reserve]