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Funerary Cone of High Priest of Amun Djehuty

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Ahmose I, ca. 1550–1525 B.C. Pottery. Preserved L. 31.8 cm (12 1/2 in.); Diam. 8.2 cm (3 1/4 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 559228). 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 long, cylindrical/tapered pottery funerary cone with an end face inscribed in sunk or incised hieroglyphs.

The object appears as a gritty, tan-brown cylindrical cone or stubby spike with a flat-to-rounded end. The left/front end face preserves a compact field of blackened or carved hieroglyphs, arranged in horizontal lines and contained within a bordered rectangle. Faint traces of red pigment are visible near the surface on the body. The opposite end is plain and uninscribed. No cartouches are clearly identifiable in the provided view, and no explicit deity name is confidently readable from the image resolution. Overall fabric and style are consistent with a New Kingdom funerary cone bearing brief dedicatory/proper-name text.

funerary New Kingdom (as catalogued); exact reign unclear good
Deities unknown
Materials pottery (ceramic core)residual pigment (possible red)
Signs incised hieroglyphic signs in a boxed register (exact reading unclear) ×15
Visible text "Hieroglyphic inscription on the end face (exact transliteration unclear from image)."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Hieroglyphic inscription on the end face (exact transliteration unclear from image).

Connections

Found at Asasif
Deities AmunThoth
Materials Pottery

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116280373 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 13.180.63 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 559228 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83909545 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.