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Funerary Cone of Min

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Pottery. Preserved L. 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); diam. 7.6 cm (3 in.). From: Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Gift of Herbert E. Winlock, 1909.

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 weathered, grayish clay/ceramic funerary cone or cone-like fragment bearing incised Egyptian hieroglyphs around a central register.

The object appears as a rounded, truncated conical piece or cone fragment with a stippled/rough surface consistent with fired pottery or clay. Across the visible face are multiple rows of incised hieroglyphs, including block-like signs and vertical stroke elements. Some portions of the inscription are eroded, making individual sign identification uncertain. No clear painted decoration, metal, or other material elements are visible beyond the gritty ceramic surface. No royal cartouche or complete name is clearly legible in the image, and no figurative deity imagery is visible; the focus is on the hieroglyphic text. There is no Greek, Coptic, or Arabic script visible.

funerary New Kingdom (catalogue ground truth; inscriptions present but too eroded for secure period confirmation from the image alone) fragmentary
Deities unknown
Materials pottery (incised ceramic/clay surface)
Signs incised hieroglyphic text (multiple unknown signs) ×20
Visible text "Incised hieroglyphs are present but too eroded/unclear to transcribe confidently from this image."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Incised hieroglyphs are present but too eroded/unclear to transcribe confidently from this image.

Connections

Found at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Deities OsirisMin

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116243990 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 09.185.24a tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 555014 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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.