Funerary Cone of the Royal Seal-Bearer and Priest Iaiefib
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Pottery. Preserved L. 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); Diam. 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.). From: 17-18th Dynasty Cemetery, near tombs 2 & 5 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 559212).
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- MMA 13.180.47 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 small terracotta funerary cone with carved hieroglyphs on its rounded face, photographed in three-quarter view.
The object appears as a short, conical/cylindrical terracotta cone with its narrow end missing or cropped. The rounded front face is covered by incised/relief hieroglyphic text and a possible seated or standing figure-like motif, though the individual signs are not fully legible at this resolution. The surface shows firing wear and minor erosion; there is a slight reddish pigment or oxidation in places. No clear royal cartouches or deities with identifiable determinatives are confidently readable from the image alone. The background and label stand are modern and not part of the artifact. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.
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Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280595 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 13.180.47 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 559212 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83909729 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.