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Funerary Cone

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Pottery. H. 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.); W. 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.); preserved 6 L. 12 cm (4 3/4 in.). From: Tomb MMA Ḫ 1, forecourt, Khokha, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1911. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1915.

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 circular, cone-like Egyptian funerary object with a molded round face containing incised hieroglyphic text inside a recessed border.

The artifact appears to be a compact, tan earthenware piece photographed against a dark background. It has a rounded, thick form consistent with a funerary cone or related molded funerary object. The face bears a circular recessed panel surrounded by a raised rim. Within the panel, a short sequence of incised hieroglyphs is visible, arranged in horizontal lines. Some sign details are worn/abraded and cannot be reliably identified to specific Gardiner codes from this image alone. No clearly recognizable deities or royal names/cartouches can be confirmed from the legible portions. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. The molded/punched surface and the incised lines suggest an inscription rather than pictorial decoration. Overall condition appears good, with moderate edge wear and surface abrasion that obscures fine sign shapes.

funerary New Kingdom (as catalogued); inscription/sign style not sufficient for independent dating good
Materials pottery (earthenware/clay body)
Signs Unidentified incised hieroglyph (multiple signs in a short line sequence) ×10
Visible text "An incised hieroglyphic line/block within a circular recessed panel; individual signs are not confidently legible enough to reproduce as an exact transliteration."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

An incised hieroglyphic line/block within a circular recessed panel; individual signs are not confidently legible enough to reproduce as an exact transliteration.

Connections

Found at Khokha

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116276176 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 15.10.47 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 560908 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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.