Funerary Cone of the Scribe of the Treasury Senu
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Pottery. H. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); preserved W. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.; preserved L. 9 cm (3 9/16 in.). From: Tomb of Nebamun and Ipuky (TT 181), courtyard and nearby, Khokha, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1910. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1915.
The same text in other collections
Linked by shared inventory number
(MET-Object 559366).
Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.
- MMA 15.10.16 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, worn terracotta/pottery cone with a rounded tip, whose surface preserves faint impressed or incised decoration.
The image shows a single object photographed against a dark studio background. The artifact is roughly cone-like or plug-shaped with a rounded end and a narrower top, coated in a dusty brown to reddish-brown surface consistent with fired clay. The front face preserves shallow relief/indented marks that could be remnants of a funerary cone inscription and/or decorative banding, but the individual signs are not clear enough to reliably read. No clearly identifiable cartouche, royal titulary, deity figures, or distinct hieroglyph groupings can be confirmed from the visible wear and blur. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is legible. No modern labels or mounting hardware are visible.
Connections
Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116279952 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.10.16 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 559366 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83909753 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.