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 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.

hieroglyphic only New Kingdom fragmentary
Materials limestone
Signs cartouche scarab ×2 sun disk

Connections

Found at Thebes
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.1930E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 118435 tier-2
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