Funerary Cone of King’s Scribe, Ramose
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Egyptian Caption: Egyptian. Funerary Cone of King’s Scribe, Ramose, 664–332 B.C.E.. Terracotta, Diam. 3 7/16 x 6 1/2 in. (8.8 x 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1930E. (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.
A circular stone fragment with visible hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a round stone piece featuring vertical columns of hieroglyphs. The inscription appears to include a cartouche, indicating the possible mention of a pharaoh's name. The style of writing is typical of official inscriptions found on stelae or similar objects. The surface is worn but the inscriptions are relatively clear.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1930E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118435 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.