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Funerary Cone the Steward of Amun Sennefer

Source of record: Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III–Amenhotep II, ca. 1479–1400 B.C. Pottery. Preserved L. 3 × Diam. 7.5 cm (1 3/16 × 2 15/16 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 554908). 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.

Fragmentary view of a light-colored, wedge/cone-like funerary object with an incised or impressed inscription forming multiple vertical strokes and clustered signs across the face.

The image shows the curved face of a small funerary cone/pottery fragment. The surface is light (likely unpainted or minimally finished) with visible chips and abrasions. Dense marks—mostly short vertical elements and some broader clustered sign forms—are arranged in rows or blocks across the front surface, consistent with an incised hieroglyphic text. No clearly identifiable deity figures are visible; only non-figurative, text-like sign elements can be seen. The background is indistinct and appears to be a studio/photographic setting. The catalogue identification as a funerary cone cannot be contradicted by the photo, but the specific name “Sen(n)efer” or the role “Steward of Amun” is not legible in the provided image.

funerary New Kingdom (per catalogue; inscription not legible enough to confirm) fragmentary
Deities unknown (Amun referenced in catalogue but not legible here)
Materials pottery (light, chipped surface)
Signs Incised hieroglyphic strokes/vertical sign elements (exact signs unclear) ×20
Visible text "No reliable excerpt can be read from the image at this resolution; only multiple incised vertical/clustered sign forms are visible."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

No reliable excerpt can be read from the image at this resolution; only multiple incised vertical/clustered sign forms are visible.

Connections

Deities Amun

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116244243 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.6.162 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 554908 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83907352 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.