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Funerary Cone of Djehutynefer

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1352 B.C. Pottery. Preserved L. 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.); diam. 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.). From: Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Gift of Herbert E. Winlock, 1909.

The same text in other collections

Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 548368). 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 round, flared Egyptian funerary cone/pottery plaque bearing incised hieroglyphs within a border on one face.

The object appears as a dark, mottled pottery cone/fragment with a rounded exterior and a flat/concave inscribed face. On the inscribed face, a rectangular frame encloses vertical columns of hieroglyphs, with additional sign groupings near the outer left and right edges, suggesting a formal funerary inscription rather than figurative iconography. No clear deity figure or royal cartouche is legible from the provided resolution; the inscription is the primary visible feature. The surface shows wear/scuffing consistent with burial or handling; the edges are irregular, suggesting it may be broken or worn from a larger cone. No separate Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.

funerary New Kingdom (catalogue ground truth; inscription style not clearly sufficient to refine) fragmentary
Materials pottery
Signs incised hieroglyph group(s) in vertical columns within a border (exact signs unclear) ×10
Visible text "Inscribed hieroglyphs arranged in multiple vertical lines within a rectangular border; individual sign readings unclear in the image."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Inscribed hieroglyphs arranged in multiple vertical lines within a rectangular border; individual sign readings unclear in the image.

Connections

Found at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Materials Pottery

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116275404 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 09.185.13 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 548368 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83906955 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.