Funerary Cone of the Scribe Min
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Pottery. H. 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.); W. 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.); preserved L. 15 cm (5 7/8 in.). From: Tomb MMA Ḫ 1 A, Khokha, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1911. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1915.
The same text in other collections
Linked by shared inventory number
(MET-Object 554375).
Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.
- MMA 15.10.38 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, weathered clay/ceramic funerary cone with a raised circular border and a central band of worn hieroglyphic text.
The object is a rounded, cone-like ceramic piece photographed against a dark background. Its surface is reddish-brown and abraded, with a recessed/raised circular framing element near the top portion. Within the central field there appears to be a horizontal register of incised or molded hieroglyphs, though the signs are too worn and incomplete to read confidently. No clear figures of deities or named royal cartouches are discernible from the visible text. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic script is visible. The photograph does not show any modern labels, and no metal or pigment is clearly identifiable beyond the ceramic body.
Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244851 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.10.38 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 554375 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83907340 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.