Funerary Cone of the Herald Ibety
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Pottery. Preserved L. 26.2 cm (10 5/16 in.); Diam. 8 cm (3 1/8 in.). From: 17-18th Dynasty Cemetery, near tombs 5&6 and radim, Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1912–13. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1913.
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(MET-Object 559208).
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- MMA 13.180.43 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 reddish-brown funerary clay cone inscribed with an incised hieroglyphic cartouche/epithet on its rounded face.
The image shows a single conical ceramic object photographed on a neutral background. One end is thicker and rounded, with a recessed/pressed or incised hieroglyphic inscription occupying much of the face; the remaining surface is plain and shows weathering and small chips. The cone tapers to a narrower point at the opposite end. No pigments, metallic elements, or additional symbolic figures are clearly visible beyond the inscribed signs. The object appears consistent in form with a funerary cone, where a name and/or offering text is commonly incised on the large end.
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Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280605 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 13.180.43 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 559208 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83909691 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.