Funerary Cone of the Royal Scribe Userhat
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Pottery. L. 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.); Diam. 7.5 cm (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 554950).
Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.
- MMA 30.6.3 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 rounded, light-colored ceramic funerary object is shown with incised/painted-like rows of dark vertical signs covering much of its surface.
The image depicts a single, round-bodied artifact photographed against a neutral background. The surface is coated in a pale material consistent with fired ceramic or similar mineral surface; a dark deposit or pigment forms repeated vertical sign strokes arranged in rows. The markings are too eroded and fragmentary to securely read specific words or identify individual hieroglyphs beyond noting that the text-like pattern is broadly hieroglyphic in appearance. No clear cartouche or royal name is visible, and no deities can be confidently identified from the remaining sign fragments. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic script is apparent, and there are no legible captions or accession markings in the image.
Connections
Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244155 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.6.3 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 554950 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83906486 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.