Funerary Cone the Royal Scribe Djehutynefer
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Pottery. H. 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.); W. 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.); preserved L. 14.5 cm (5 11/16 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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(MET-Object 559374).
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- MMA 15.10.24 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 funerary cone is shown in close view, with incised hieroglyphs running vertically across the front surface.
The object appears as a compact, cone-like pottery piece with a worn, sandy-brown surface. The face shows multiple rows of impressed/incised Egyptian hieroglyphs arranged in vertical columns. The individual signs are abraded and not fully legible at this resolution, but the layout is consistent with an Egyptian funerary inscription rather than pictorial decoration. No clear cartouche or royal name is readable, and no deities can be confidently identified from the visible, damaged sign forms. The backside and edges are too worn or out of focus to determine further details. There is no visible Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text.
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Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116279929 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.10.24 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 559374 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83906959 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.
- 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.