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Funerary Cone

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, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Pottery. Prserved L. 7.5 × Diam. 3 cm (2 15/16 × 1 3/16 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 554923). 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.

Photograph of a fragmentary Egyptian ceramic funerary cone with incised hieroglyphic decoration filling the visible face.

The image shows a rounded, conical or cone-like ceramic object seen from the side, with a mottled light surface and darker speckling/abrasion. The central portion is covered in dense, incised hieroglyphs arranged in rows; individual signs are partially obscured by wear and loss of surface. No legible royal name or clearly identifiable deity is unambiguous at this resolution. The left and lower areas show heavier damage where some signs are truncated. The right edge is cut off by the frame, suggesting only part of the cone’s exterior is visible. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is apparent.

funerary New Kingdom (per catalogue ground truth); exact reign unknown from image. fragmentary
Materials pottery (ceramic surface)
Signs Hieroglyphic sign(s) of unknown identification (incised, partially damaged) ×20
Visible text "Hieroglyphic inscription present but not fully legible; individual sign identities and wording unclear due to damage and resolution."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Hieroglyphic inscription present but not fully legible; individual sign identities and wording unclear due to damage and resolution.

Connections

Materials Pottery

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116244215 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.6.102 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 554923 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83909010 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.