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Funerary Cone of the Wab-Priest Neferkhawet

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Pottery. H. 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.); W. 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); preserved L. 13.2 cm (5 3/16 in.). From: near the Tomb of Dedi (TT 200), Khokha, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1913. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1928.

The same text in other collections

Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 551826). Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

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

A small, rounded terracotta/fired-clay cone with a worn carved or incised inscription arranged across its surface.

The object appears as a squat, rounded-cone form (or cone tip) in reddish-brown fired clay. Its surface preserves shallow incised relief and a dense horizontal band of hieroglyph-like signs, though much of the detail is abraded and difficult to read precisely. No painted pigment, metal fittings, or additional decorative elements are clearly visible. The background is a neutral display setting; the inscription is the primary feature. Overall condition is worn/rough, consistent with an inscribed funerary cone, but the specific personal name “Neferkhawet” and any exact determinatives are not confidently legible from this image.

funerary New Kingdom (as catalogued); exact reign unknown from image poor
Materials fired clay/terracotta (pottery)
Signs Multiple hieroglyphic signs in a horizontal band (exact signs unclear due to abrasion) ×15
Visible text "Unclear: a dense horizontal band of incised/worn hieroglyph-like signs; no reliably legible excerpt."

Connections

Found at Khokha
Deities Amun

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116249779 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 28.3.33 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 551826 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83908656 tier-2 (inventory-match)
About this record's data
  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
  • 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.