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Funerary Cone of the Scribe Amenemopet

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Thutmose IV–Amenhotep III, ca. 1400–1352 B.C. Pottery. H. 7.3 cm (2 7.8 in.); W. 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in.); L. 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.);. From: Tomb of Tjanefer (TT 297, MMA 831, MMA Ḫ5), courtyard, Khokha, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1915. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1915.

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Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 559372). Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

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 made of fired clay/ceramic, inscribed on the flat face with a vertical column of hieroglyphic signs.

The image shows a small cone-like or truncated rounded object with a flat inscribed face. The surface is reddish-brown to tan, consistent with fired pottery, and the edges show wear and minor breaks. On the front face there is an organized arrangement of carved or impressed hieroglyphic signs in vertical registers; the signs are partially eroded but clearly indicate an inscription. No visible royal cartouche (oval with enclosing strokes) is confidently readable at this resolution, and no figurative deity imagery is visible. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is apparent, and there is no clear indication of a painted surface—details appear to be carved/pressed into the clay.

funerary New Kingdom (as catalogued); inscription style appears consistent with a Late New Kingdom funerary inscription, though exact dating unclear from the photo alone. good
Materials pottery (fired clay/ceramic)
Signs hieroglyphic inscription in vertical columns (specific signs indistinct) ×20

Connections

Found at Khokha
Deities Amun

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116279930 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 15.10.22 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 559372 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83906133 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.