Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · funerary_equipment

Funerary Cone of King’s Scribe, Ramose

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Description

Catalogue description: Culture Egyptian Caption: Egyptian. Funerary Cone of King’s Scribe, Ramose, 664–332 B.C.E.. Terracotta, Diam. 3 3/8 x 5 13/16 in. (8.6 x 14.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1934E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

The image shows a circular stone artifact with vertical hieroglyphic inscriptions.

The artifact is a round stone with vertically arranged columns of hieroglyphs. It appears to be a seal or medallion with well-preserved engravings. The style is typical of ancient Egyptian inscriptions, showing clear hieroglyphic symbols carved onto the surface. There are several distinguishable symbols, suggesting multiple entries or records.

hieroglyphic only unknown good
Materials limestone
Signs ankh djed

Connections

Found at Thebes
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.1934E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 118439 tier-2
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  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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