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Funerary cone of Ahmose

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Pottery. H. 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.); W. 8 cm (3 1/8 in.); L. 29.5 cm (11 5/8 in.). From: Tomb of Ahmose (TT 121), Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1930–31. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1935.

The same text in other collections

Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 554740). 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.

Photograph of a small, rounded Egyptian funerary object with incised vertical hieroglyphs covering much of its surface.

The object appears as a compact, cone-like or rounded disk of fired clay with a rough, sandy surface. One side is dominated by vertically arranged, incised hieroglyphic signs; some signs resemble stylized strokes and stacked forms, but the full reading is not clear at this resolution and lighting. No clear painted decoration is visible. The background is a neutral studio gradient; the object casts a shadow to the right, indicating a staged museum photograph. No distinct cartouche or royal titulary is confidently identifiable, and no deity determinable with certainty is visible from the legible portions of the script.

funerary New Kingdom (as catalogued); specific reign unclear from image good
Materials fired pottery/clay
Signs incised vertical hieroglyphs (exact signs unclear) ×20
Visible text "Vertical incised hieroglyphs; individual characters not reliably legible from the provided image."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Vertical incised hieroglyphs; individual characters not reliably legible from the provided image.

Connections

Found at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Deities Amun
Royals Thutmose III

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116244467 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 35.3.331 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 554740 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83907865 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.