Funerary Cone of Meryremetjef (Mery-remetjef) and His Wife Mut
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Pottery. Preserved L. 3 cm (1 3/16 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 554896).
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- MMA 30.6.173 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.
Photograph of a speckled, circular object bearing multiple vertical black-painted bands that resemble portions of a funerary cone inscription.
The image shows a roughly circular/rounded fragment of clay with a mottled, sandy surface. Across the central area are several dark, vertical strokes or bands, separated by lighter spaces; the strokes vary in thickness and density, suggesting remnants of painted or incised hieroglyphic text. No complete signs, cartouches, or readable word fragments are clearly legible at this resolution. The edges appear uneven and worn, consistent with an inscribed funerary clay cone or related funerary inscription fragment. No additional figures, iconography, or distinct deity attributes are visible. The background is plain, and no Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.
Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244261 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.6.173 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 554896 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83906039 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.