Funerary Cone
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Pottery. Preserved L. 3.5 cm. (1 3/8 in.); Diam. 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.). From: Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Gift of Norman de Garis Davies, 1930.
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(MET-Object 554887).
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- MMA 30.6.149 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 roughly circular pottery object with an incised/embossed inscription-like field covering most of the surface.
The image shows a single small, round-ended artifact photographed from the front. The top surface appears worn and abraded, with a low-relief or incised arrangement of strokes resembling hieroglyphic signs or an inscription laid out across the face. No clearly identifiable figurative scene or deity depiction is visible; instead, the decoration is primarily linear marks. The background is dark, and the object’s perimeter is uneven, consistent with a fired clay funerary item. No cartouches or royal names are legible at this resolution, and no modern or non-Egyptian script (Greek/Coptic/Arabic) is apparent. The incised strokes could correspond to funerary formulae typically found on such cones, but specific signs cannot be confidently assigned.
Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244290 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.6.149 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 554887 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83907233 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.