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. 8 cm (3 1/8 in.); L. 18.7 cm (7 3/8 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 559379).
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- MMA 15.10.33 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.
Photograph of an oval, cone-like terracotta object with a recessed rectangular/ovoid panel containing incised hieroglyph-like marks.
The image shows a single small funerary cone-shaped pottery piece viewed from the front. The surface is tan-brown with weathering and small chips, indicating fired clay. A central recessed panel (roughly vertical rectangle with rounded corners) contains incised vertical lines and several small sign forms that resemble hieroglyphic writing, though the individual signs are not clearly legible at this resolution. No cartouche borders, clearly readable royal names, or deity figures are distinctly identifiable. There is no visible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text. The object’s overall form and presence of an inscription panel are consistent with a funerary cone, but specific identification as belonging to the scribe Wadjmose cannot be confirmed from the image alone.
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Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280305 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.10.33 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 559379 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83908229 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.