Funerary Cone of the Scribe Heriry
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Pottery. Preserved L. 3.5 × Diam. 7 cm (1 3/8 × 2 3/4 in.). From: Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Gift of Norman de Garis Davies, 1930.
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(MET-Object 554967).
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- MMA 30.6.147 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 worn, grayish stone/clay cone with incised/relief marks that resemble hieroglyphic text on its face.
The image shows the rounded top and tapering base edge of an inscribed funerary cone. The surface is heavily abraded, with a dense scatter of darkened incised lines and blocks forming what appear to be hieroglyphic signs across the visible face. No clear cartouche boundaries or legible individual signs can be confidently identified due to erosion and surface loss. There is no visible painted pigment, and no other iconographic figures are distinguishable beyond the inscription-like pattern.
Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244117 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 30.6.147 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 554967 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83906579 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.