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. 15 cm (5 7/8 in.); Diam. 8.6 cm (3 3/8 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.

The same text in other collections

Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 559227). 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.

Photograph of a small, cylindrical/rounded funerary cone made of fired clay, with a rounded end bearing an incised painted hieroglyphic inscription.

The object appears as a tapered ceramic cone or wedge with one end slightly flattened. The front (left) end shows a tightly framed rectangular/arched hieroglyphic sign area filled with multiple incised signs filled with dark material, and a small vertical column of text-like signs below/within the frame. The surface is light brown to buff clay with areas of erosion and rough handling marks. No clearly readable names or royal cartouches can be confirmed from this image alone. No other inscriptions in Greek, Coptic, or Arabic are visible.

funerary New Kingdom (as catalogued; exact reign unclear from image) fragmentary
Deities unknown
Royals unknown
Materials pottery (fired clay)
Signs incised/inscribed hieroglyphic signs within a rectangular framed panel (specific signs unclear) ×20

Connections

Found at Asasif
Deities AmunThoth
Materials Pottery

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116280375 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 13.180.62 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 559227 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83909555 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.