Funerary Cone of the Scribe Wadjmose
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Pottery. H. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); W. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); L. 16.7 cm (6 7/16 in.). From: Tomb of Puyemre (TT 39), courtyard, Khokha, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1915. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1915.
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- MMA 15.10.31 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 rounded funerary cone fragment with an impressed/incised central cartouche-like field containing vertical hieroglyphs.
The image shows a small, rounded clay/plaster cone or cone fragment photographed against a dark background. A recessed oval/arched outline frames a vertical block of hieroglyphs at the center; individual signs appear to be incised or impressed within the recessed area. No clearly identifiable royal cartouche name is fully legible from the image resolution. The surface shows reddish-brown and light patches consistent with fired clay or baked pottery, with wear and minor cracking. No visible deities are distinct, and no Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is present.
Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244860 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.10.31 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 554369 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83908227 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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- 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.