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Funerary Cone of the Steward Bak

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Description

Pottery

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 terracotta (pottery) funerary object with incised/painted hieroglyphic markings on one face.

The image shows a single, disc-like cone/cap form made of fired clay with a rough, sandy surface. The object is photographed against a dark background with a neutral mount beneath it. One side displays a rectangular field filled with small, closely spaced hieroglyphic signs (greenish-gray over the clay surface), suggesting an inscription or name/title text typical of funerary cones. The opposite side is plain and undecorated in the visible area. No legible cartouche boundaries or clear deity iconography can be confirmed from the image resolution.

funerary New Kingdom (as catalogued) good
Materials pottery (terracotta/clay)
Signs group of hieroglyphic signs (rectangular inscription field; individual signs not reliably legible) ×15
Visible text "Unclear: hieroglyphic text present in a rectangular field; individual signs cannot be confidently transcribed from the provided image."

Connections

Royals Thutmose I

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116427965 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 30.6.161 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 554914 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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.