Bowl
Description
Meroitic Period, 270 B.C.–A.D. 320. Copper alloy. Diam. 19 cm. From: 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, round metal bowl with a wide rim and slightly tapered sides, photographed from the front against a light background.
A single vessel is centered in the frame. The bowl has a broad, nearly flat rim and sides that taper inward toward the base, with an overall gray, metallic surface consistent with patinated metal. Scattered dark spots and patches suggest surface corrosion/oxidation and wear. No decorative relief, painted decoration, or clear figural elements are visible. Faint, possibly scratched/printed markings are present on the exterior, but they are not clearly legible as Egyptian hieroglyphs, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text. No cartouches or royal names are identifiable. No deity iconography is visible. The visible condition appears worn but intact; the rim shows minor abrasions and loss of surface material.
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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.