Stamped mudbrick with cartouches 21st Dynasty Menkheperre

Stamped Mudbrick with Cartouches. TIP, 21st Dynasty, pontificate of HP Menkheperre. H 38 cm; Top W: 16, D: 10; Bottom W: 17, D: 12 cm. A large rectangular stamped mudbrick bearing the stamped cartouches of the High Priest of Amun Menkheperre and his queen Asetemakhbit c. 1045-992 B.C. Menkheperre ruled Upper Egypt during the 21st Dynaty. His use of the royal cartouche is very rare, although bricks bearing such stamps have been found at Karnak,, El-Hibeh, Sharufa and Gebelein. The cartouches on this brick are clearly legible immediately below the horizontal crack. Unfired mudbrick with sherd inclusions conserved with Paraloid. Acquired Tetragon, London 1997. Broken across, 20-21 cm from the bottom, otherwise intact. A brick with an identical stamp is published in: Egyptian Civilization - Religious Beliefs. Egyptian Museum Turin, Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino, 1988, p. 91-94, with picture on 94. H 38 cm Kitchen, TIP, Tbls 1,2 & 7, §51, 219, 226 & 501. This lot is part of a large