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Bowl

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Description

Meroitic Period, 270 B.C.–A.D. 320. Copper alloy. Diam. 19.7 × H. 9.5 cm (7 3/4 × 3 3/4 in.). From: Cemetery 1, Grave 975, Faras, Lower Nubia, Nubia (Sudan). Excavation: University of Oxford Excavations in Nubia 1910–1912. Credit: Gift of Oxford University Expedition to Nubia, 1926.

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.

The image shows a shallow bowl with a wide rim and rounded sides, heavily weathered with greenish corrosion/patina across its exterior.

A single bronze/copper-alloy bowl is photographed against a dark background on a light grey surface. The bowl has an open top with a broad, slightly everted rim and a rounded, tapering body. The exterior surface is mottled and largely covered by green and turquoise corrosion consistent with metal oxidation; a darker brown/black tone appears in areas, suggesting loss of surface metal or additional patina. No decorative relief, painted elements, or clearly legible inscriptions are visible on the rim or body in this image. The interior appears similarly oxidized, but details are limited by corrosion and lighting. No clear hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text can be confirmed from the photograph.

decorative Meroitic Period (per catalogue); image does not provide enough inscription/style detail to independently confirm. good
Materials copper alloy (bronze) with green/turquoise patina/corrosion

Connections

Found at Faras

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116252232 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.4.105 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 573590 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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.