Funerary Cone of the Herald Ibety
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Pottery. Preserved L. 17.6 cm (6 15/16 in.); Diam. 7.8 cm (3 1/16 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 559211).
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- MMA 13.180.46 PNM textAsasif
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, terracotta-like conical funerary object photographed on a light background, with carved vertical hieroglyphic signs visible on one side.
The image shows a single cylindrical-to-conical pottery object laid horizontally. The surface is reddish-brown with darker areas and minor chips/wear. On the left side of the visible face, there is a vertical register of incised/carved hieroglyphic signs (individual signs are not fully legible at this resolution), arranged in columns. No clearly readable royal titulary, deity names, or cartouches are identifiable from the provided image. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible. The object’s overall form and presence of hieroglyphs are consistent with a funerary cone type, but specific identification of the name “Ibety” cannot be confirmed directly from the image.
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Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280597 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 13.180.46 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 559211 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83909694 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.