Funerary Cone of the Tutor Nesuterneheh
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Pottery. H. 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.); W. 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.); preserved L. 19.5 cm (7 11/16 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.
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- MMA 15.10.19 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 Egyptian funerary cone/piece of pottery bearing an incised rectangle of hieroglyphs with a central stylized eye/face-like motif and surrounding lines.
The image shows a single, rounded cone-like object made of fired clay. The surface is worn and reddish-brown, consistent with pottery. An incised hieroglyphic field occupies the center: within a rectangular border, vertical strokes and stacked signs are cut into the clay. To the upper portion of the field there appears to be a horizontal band with additional small marks, while the middle contains a prominent, rounded/eye-like element adjacent to a vertical column of signs. The lower half continues with short vertical and horizontal incisions. No explicit deity iconography (e.g., clear gods with crowns/attributes) can be confirmed from the visible strokes. No cartouches are clearly identifiable. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.
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Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116279939 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.10.19 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 559369 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83906719 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.