Funerary Cone of the Scribe Wadjmose
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Pottery. H. 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.); W. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); L. 19 cm (7 1/2 in.). From: Tomb of Puyemre (TT 39), courtyard, Khokha, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1915. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1915.
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(MET-Object 559378).
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- MMA 15.10.32 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 rounded funerary cone fragment of fired clay with an impressed rectangular sign/inscription field on one face.
The image shows a single small object shaped like a cone or rounded cone-cap made of brownish, fired pottery/clay. One face bears a recessed, vertical rectangular panel filled with densely impressed or carved marks resembling hieroglyphic characters, though the individual signs are not clearly legible at this resolution. The surrounding surface is worn with small chips and abrasions. No identifiable royal names, cartouches, deities, or other iconography can be confirmed from the visible marks, and no Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is apparent. The provided catalogue identification as the 'Funerary Cone of the Scribe Wadjmose' cannot be directly verified from the image because the inscription text is not sufficiently readable; however, the presence of a hieroglyphic-like inscription on pottery matches the general format of funerary cones.
Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116279921 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.10.32 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 559378 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83908228 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.