Funerary Cone of The Fourth Prophet of Amun
Description
Cone, Mentuemhat and Nesikhonsu. Late Period, Dynasty 25–26, ca. 712–525 B.C. Pottery. L. 14.7 × Dia. 8.2 cm (5 13/16 × 3 1/4 in.). From: Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1912–13. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1913.
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.
The image shows a small, reddish-brown, circular pottery cone/plug with molded and incised hieroglyphic text across the face.
The artifact appears as a squat, rounded disc/cone end made of fired clay (pottery). The surface has weathering and flaking, but a dense field of incised hieroglyphs is clearly visible in horizontal rows across the front. Above the main text there is a larger central sign group resembling a horizontal line with additional vertical elements; no clearly identifiable royal cartouche or full titulary is readable at this resolution. No painted pigments, metallic components, or attached organic materials are visible. There is no Greek/Coptic/Arabic script visible, and the text appears exclusively hieroglyphic.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116726792 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 13.180.74 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 552584 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.