Funerary Cone
Description
Cone, uninscribed. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11, ca. 2124–1981 B.C. Pottery, paint. L. 32.3 cm (12 11/16 in.); diam. 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.). From: Tomb CC 7, Dra Abu el-Naga, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1913. Credit: Gift of the Earl of Carnarvon, 1913.
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 small, elongated ceramic object resembling a cone with a broken/trimmed tip, photographed in profile against a plain background.
A light-colored pottery artifact is depicted horizontally. It appears elongated and conical/pointed at one end, with the other end wider and slightly truncated. The surface has a whitish coating or slip, and there are faint indications of painted/colored residue near parts of the face, though no legible iconography or inscriptions are visible in the provided image. The background is plain gray/white, and no context labels, cartouches, or figures are present. No hieroglyphs, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text can be distinguished from this low-resolution side view.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243347 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 13.185.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 556656 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.