Funerary Cone
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Pottery. L. 20 cm (7 7/8 in.); Diam. 8 cm (3 9/16 in.). From: Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Gift of Norman de Garis Davies, 1930.
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(MET-Object 554903).
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- MMA 30.6.8 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 fragmentary, disc-shaped pottery object with incised hieroglyphic-like markings across its surface.
The image shows what appears to be a small funerary cone or cone-like piece, photographed from the side and top. The surface is worn and chipped, with a mottled light-gray fabric and darker areas consistent with soot or firing marks. Incised lines and curved strokes form a roughly rectangular/arched register on the main face, including several column-like vertical strokes and scattered signs; however, most details are too eroded to read confidently. No clear royal name/cartouche, deity name, or determinative can be securely identified from the photo. There is no visible Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text. The incisions are consistent with hieroglyphic decoration typical of funerary cones, but the exact signs cannot be reliably catalogued from this image alone.
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Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244252 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.6.8 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 554903 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83908799 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.