Funerary Cone of the Overseer of Scribes Ineni
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Pottery. Preserved L. 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.); Diam. 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.). From: 17-18th Dynasty Cemetery, near tomb 2, 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 559223).
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- MMA 13.180.58 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 terracotta funerary cone with a carved inscription running along the surface of the cone.
The object is a small, reddish-brown, weathered clay/cone-shaped artifact shown in profile on a light background. The face turned toward the viewer contains incised hieroglyphs arranged in horizontal bands, with additional smaller signs above and below; a red pigment/paint spot is visible near the top. No clear deity figures or royal cartouches are discernible from this image resolution, but the inscription is clearly present and appears to be a funerary formula. The object matches the general typology of a funerary cone from the New Kingdom, though the specific name/title (e.g., Ineni) cannot be reliably read here.
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Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280385 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 13.180.58 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 559223 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83908794 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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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.
- 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.