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Funerary Cone

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Pottery. L. 3 × Diam. 7 cm (1 3/16 × 2 3/4 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 554911). 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.

A rounded, conical/stone-like funerary object inscribed on the face with horizontal bands of incised hieroglyphs, heavily worn.

The image shows the front face of a small Egyptian funerary cone-like artifact. The surface is rough and pitted, with visible erosion of the incised carving. Three broad horizontal registers span the face, each containing shallow, linear hieroglyphic signs arranged in rows; the signs are not fully legible due to wear and low contrast. No clear cartouche or deity determinative is distinctly readable at this resolution. There is no visible modern labeling or other script. The overall texture appears consistent with a fired clay cone covered/formed with pigment or a light surface coating, though exact material and any pigment are difficult to confirm.

funerary New Kingdom (catalogue ground truth; exact dynasty/copy unclear from image). poor
Materials pottery (likely; exact clay body not confirmable but consistent with catalogue)
Signs incised hieroglyphs in horizontal registers (specific signs unclear) ×30

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116244239 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.6.125 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 554911 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83908879 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.