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Funerary Cone

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Pottery. L. 16 cm (6 5/16 in.); Diam. 7.8 cm (2 1/16 in.). From: Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Gift of Norman de Garis Davies, 1930.

The same text in other collections

Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 554863). 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.

Photograph of a single, roughly oval/rounded ceramic funerary cone fragment with an incised circular cartouche-like text field and surrounding linear strokes.

The object appears to be a small ceramic cone/bullet-like piece seen from the front face. Its surface is worn and grayish, with a prominent incised oval/circular border enclosing a band of hieroglyph-like lines. Inside the boundary are multiple vertical and curved incisions that resemble hieroglyphic strokes, though the exact signs are not fully legible at this resolution. No clearly identifiable royal cartouche reading, deity name, or complete figure is visible. The back/edge area shows rough breaks and abrasion consistent with age and handling. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is apparent. The only readable content is the incised hieroglyph-like marks within the bordered area.

funerary New Kingdom (catalogue ground truth); exact dynasty reign unknown fragmentary
Materials pottery/ceramic (light gray, gritty surface)
Signs incised hieroglyph-like strokes within an oval/circular register (individual signs not confidently legible) ×6

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116244362 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.6.20 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 554863 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83908306 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.