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Funerary Cone of the King's Son of Kush Merymose

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Pottery. L. 13.6 cm (5 3/8 in.); Diam. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.). From: Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1915.

The same text in other collections

Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 555059). 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.

The image shows a single small, rounded pottery object with a weathered surface bearing carved/painted hieroglyph-like marks and vertical registers.

The object is photographed from above against a light background. Its surface has a mottled grayish tone consistent with fired clay or preserved pottery material. Across the face there appear to be incised or impressed hieroglyphic signs arranged in vertical columns, with a central rectangular or panel-like arrangement and smaller clustered signs to either side. Some marks are worn and partially illegible, but the overall layout resembles funerary hieroglyphic decoration typically found on cone-shaped or similar small funerary inscriptions. No cartouche borders or clear royal name framing are confidently readable at this resolution. No visible metal, pigment, or other material is clearly distinguishable. There is no Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text visible.

funerary New Kingdom (consistent with catalogue; hieroglyphic style suggests an Egyptian funerary inscription, though exact date unclear) fragmentary
Materials pottery
Signs Unclear hieroglyphic sign(s) in vertical columns; central panel-like grouping ×20
Visible text "Hieroglyphic vertical inscription is present but too worn/blurred to extract a reliable readable excerpt."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Hieroglyphic vertical inscription is present but too worn/blurred to extract a reliable readable excerpt.

Connections

Materials Pottery

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116243828 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 15.2.60 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 555059 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83906887 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.