Funerary Cone of the Overseer of Sculptors Su
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Pottery. H. 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.); W. 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.); preserved L. 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in.). From: near the tomb of Nebamun and Ipuky (TT 181), Khokha, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1910. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1915.
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- MMA 15.10.11 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, rounded funerary cone made of baked clay with an incised/dismantled inscription and iconographic scene on one face.
The object appears to be a pottery funerary cone viewed from the front, with a circular/rounded body and a raised rim around the face. The outer surface is reddish-brown and weathered, consistent with fired clay. On the front face there is a densely packed, recessed field containing incised hieroglyphic signs and a central motif that resembles a framed register; individual sign details are not fully legible at this resolution. No clear human figure, royal name cartouche, or specific deity attribute can be confidently identified from the image alone. There is no visible Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text. The lighting shows surface loss and abrasion around the edges of the inscription field, making exact readings uncertain.
Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116425367 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.10.11 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 554366 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83909401 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.