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Funerary Cone of the Standard-Bearer Amenmose

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Pottery. H. 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.); W. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); preserved L. 15 cm (5 7/8 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.

The same text in other collections

Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 559375). 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 pottery object with a roughly incised band of Egyptian-style hieroglyphic signs on one face.

The image shows a single, brown terracotta-like cone or truncated cone form photographed against a neutral gray background. The surface is worn and irregular, but there is a clear field of hand-impressed/carved incised marks on the upper/front area, arranged in a loose horizontal band consistent with hieroglyphic text. No figures in relief are clearly identifiable, and no cartouche or royal titulary is unmistakably visible. The back/underside is plain and rounded, with rough breaks suggesting age or excavation wear. No other scripts (Greek/Coptic/Arabic) are visible.

funerary New Kingdom (as catalogued); exact dating unclear from image alone fragmentary
Deities unknown
Royals unknown
Materials pottery/terracotta
Signs group of incised hieroglyphic signs (exact identification unclear due to wear) ×6
Visible text "Unclear/illegible: incised hieroglyphic signs in a horizontal band; no readable individual signs or names preserved."

Connections

Found at Khokha

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116279926 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 15.10.25 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 559375 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83908108 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.