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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. 18 cm (7 1/16 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 559229). 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 small terracotta funerary cone inscribed in incised hieroglyphs, shown in side view with the inscription panel on the left face.

The object appears to be a cylindrical/conical ceramic fragment with one end rounded and the other cut/unfinished. The left face bears a dense block of incised hieroglyphic signs arranged in vertical and horizontal bands; several sign forms are visible but the full text is not clearly legible at this resolution. The remaining surface is undecorated and shows abrasion and firing/handling marks. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No clear cartouche (king’s name ring) is identifiable from the image. The cones’ material is consistent with pottery/terracotta, and the overall style matches New Kingdom funerary cones, though the exact name 'Djehuty' cannot be confirmed visually from the available image.

funerary New Kingdom (catalogue ground truth); inscription style consistent but not securely readable fragmentary
Deities Amun (High Priest of Amun; not visually confirmable from the image)
Materials terracotta/unglazed pottery
Signs incised hieroglyphic signs (grouped in bands; exact signs not securely readable) ×20

Connections

Found at Asasif
Deities AmunThoth

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116280570 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 13.180.64 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 559229 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83909549 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.