Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · funerary_equipment

Funerary Cone of Baki

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Pottery. Preserved L. 17.9 cm (7 1/16 in.); Diam. 8 cm (3 1/8 in.). Said to be from: Dra Abu el-Naga. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1913.

The same text in other collections

Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 555063). 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.

Photograph of a rounded, pottery funerary cone or cone fragment with an eroded surface bearing faint incised markings that may be hieroglyphic text.

The image shows a single small, domed/rounded cone-like object photographed against a dark, textured background. The surface is light gray/white and appears abraded, with multiple shallow, irregular lines and small raised/etched patches. No distinct human figures, deities, or clear cartouches are legible at this resolution; the markings are consistent with the kind of incised inscription typically found on funerary cones, but the exact signs cannot be reliably read.

funerary New Kingdom (per catalogue; inscriptions not legible to confirm) fragmentary
Materials pottery (light-colored, possibly plastered or mineralized coating)

Connections

Found at Dra Abu el-Naga

Cross-references (5)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116243818 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 13.180.70 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 555063 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • PNM-Object pnm:83907173 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.