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Funerary Cone of the Scribe Amenemopet

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1352 B.C. Pottery. L. 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.); Diam. 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.). From: Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Gift of Herbert E. Winlock, 1909.

The same text in other collections

Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 555036). 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 circular/rounded pottery funerary cone/piece incised with dense Egyptian hieroglyphs on the front surface.

The object appears as a thick, rounded (disc-like) fragment or cone segment with an incised hieroglyphic field covering most of the visible face. A prominent vertical central column divides the inscription, with additional horizontal/diagonal groups of signs to the left and right; the exact signs are partially worn and difficult to read with confidence. No cartouche borders are clearly distinguishable in the available image. The surface shows a darkened, gritty fabric consistent with fired clay/pottery, with abrasion and chipping along the edges. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No explicit deities can be confidently identified from the worn hieroglyphs.

funerary New Kingdom (as catalogued; hieroglyph style suggests an Egyptian funerary inscription, though exact date/signature not readable) fragmentary
Materials fired clay/ceramic (pottery)
Signs incised Egyptian hieroglyphs (unreadable due to wear; likely offering/standard funerary formula) ×30
Visible text "Egyptian hieroglyphic text incised in columns/rows; individual sign readings unclear due to wear and image resolution."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Egyptian hieroglyphic text incised in columns/rows; individual sign readings unclear due to wear and image resolution.

Connections

Found at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Deities Amun

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116243925 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 09.185.12 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 555036 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83906127 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.