Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Funerary Cone
Description
Pottery
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 cylindrical clay artifact with inscriptions on one end.
The artifact is a clay cylinder that appears to have been inscribed on one flat end. The surface of the inscription is slightly worn, with signs likely drawn or stamped using hieroglyphic or symbolic characters. The composition suggests it may have served a specific function, possibly related to sealing or ritual use. The overall style is utilitarian, focusing on the effectiveness of the inscription.
funerary
New Kingdom
good
Materials
clay
Signs
Ankh
Djed
Connections
Materials
Clay
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116242992 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 45.5 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545982 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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.