Funerary Cone of the Fourth Priest of Amun, Neferhotep
Description
Caption: Funerary Cone of the Fourth Priest of Amun, Neferhotep, ca. 1479–1400 B.C.E.. Terracotta, Diam. 3 1/8 x 3 9/16 in. (8 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1849E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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(BKM-Object 118363).
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- Brooklyn 37.1849E PNM text
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, broken terracotta cone fragment standing upright in a museum setting, with worn surface and no clearly legible inscription visible in the provided photo.
The image shows a reddish-orange terracotta funerary cone fragment, mostly intact in height but with the base area chipped. The surface is smoothed and shows weathering/abrasion; no distinct painted color is visible beyond the natural terracotta tone. A darkened wedge or break line is visible near the lower edge, likely from loss or firing/handling. The background is a light gray/white fabric or display surface, and a small paper label with inventory number is attached near the bottom of the cone. No clear hieroglyphs, cartouches, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text can be made out on the cone itself due to the fragmentary, worn condition and the photo resolution/angle.
Cross-references (3)
- BKM-Accession 37.1849E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118363 tier-2
- PNM-Object pnm:83907893 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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.