Bowl
Description
Meroitic Period, 270 B.C.–A.D. 320. Copper alloy. Diam. 19 cm. From: Cemetery 1, Grave 2001, 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 single, shallow bowl with a rounded profile and worn exterior surface, photographed against a light background.
A monochrome photograph depicts a ceramic/metal bowl-like vessel seen from above and in three-quarter view. The vessel has a wide, shallow interior with a slightly incurved rim and a rounded base that is not fully visible. The exterior surface appears dark gray to greenish, with mottling and abrasion consistent with age or patination; no decorative relief or painted bands are clearly visible. Across the exterior there are faint, irregular surface marks; however, no legible hieroglyphs or inscriptions can be confirmed from the image resolution. No cartouches, royal names, or iconography of deities are visible. The object is consistent in general form with a bowl as catalogued.
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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.