Funerary Cone of the Tutor of the Royal Children Nesuterneheh
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Pottery. H. 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.); W. 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.); preserved L. 10.8 cm (4 1/4 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 15.10.20 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, reddish-brown terracotta funerary cone shown front-on, stamped or incised with a central column of Egyptian hieroglyphs and additional signs around it.
The object is a rounded, conical or cone-like piece of fired clay with a worn reddish surface. The face shows a dense, vertically oriented set of carved hieroglyphic signs arranged in a central register/column, with smaller signs flanking the main motif. The clay surface is abraded, making individual sign identification uncertain, but the overall layout is consistent with an inscribed funerary text. No clearly legible cartouches or fully readable royal titulary are visible at this resolution. No divine figures can be confidently singled out from the damaged hieroglyphic strokes. The background is a neutral studio setting with the object isolated on a stand.
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Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116279934 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.10.20 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 559370 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83906720 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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- 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.