Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · funerary_equipment

Funerary Cone of First Prophet of Amun Djehuty

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Ahmose I, ca. 1550–1525 B.C. Pottery. Preserved L. 17.8 cm (7 in.); Diam. 8.9 cm (3 1/2 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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Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 559226). Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

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 fragmentary pottery funerary cone with an incised or impressed design and hieroglyphic text on its flat end.

The image shows a small, cylindrical-to-conical fragment of fired clay or pottery, photographed in three-quarter view against a neutral background. The wide end is turned toward the viewer and contains an incised scene/register of hieroglyphs and possibly a figure or emblem enclosed within a rectangular/arched boundary. The surface is worn with abrasion and partial loss of details, but the inscription-like layout and carved signs are clearly visible on the end face. No modern labels, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic script are visible. No cartouche or royal titulary is clearly legible in the photograph, and any specific deity name cannot be confidently read due to the fragmentary, low-resolution, and worn condition. The object matches the catalogue’s funerary cone format in terms of material and general form, though the exact name Djehuty/First Prophet of Amun is not legible here.

funerary New Kingdom (as catalogued); inscription detail not legible enough for finer dating. fragmentary
Deities unknown
Materials pottery (fired clay)
Signs incised hieroglyphic text/signs on the end face (exact signs unreadable) ×10

Connections

Found at Asasif
Deities AmunThoth
Materials Pottery

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116280378 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 13.180.61 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 559226 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83909554 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.