Funerary Cone of the Scribe Nebamun
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Pottery. H. 8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.); W. 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); preserved L. 20.5 cm (8 1/16 in.). From: Tomb of Nebamun (TT 179), Khokha, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1910. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1915.
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(MET-Object 559364).
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- MMA 15.10.13 PNM text
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, rounded terracotta object bearing incised/painted hieroglyphic text in horizontal lines across its face.
The image shows a single funerary cone-like object (rounded/obtuse form) photographed against a dark background. Multiple rectangular and square-cut signs with some vertical strokes are arranged in several horizontal registers on the visible surface. The signs appear damaged in places, with missing fragments at edges and along portions of the lines. No clearly readable cartouche or royal name is visible at this resolution. No deities can be confidently identified from the partial signs. There is no visible Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text. The surface color and texture indicate a fired clay/ceramic object; any pigments (if present) are too fragmentary to describe reliably as a specific color.
Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116434402 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.10.13 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 559364 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83909632 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.