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Vessel

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Description

Meroitic Period, 270 B.C.–A.D. 320. Glass. Diam. 5.4 × H. 7.7 cm (2 1/8 × 3 1/16 in.). From: Cemetery 1, Grave 1028, 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.

A small, bulbous-neck ceramic-like vessel is shown standing against a neutral background, with a rounded body and a narrow, raised neck topped by a slightly flaring rim.

The image depicts a single vessel photographed in studio conditions. The vessel has a broad, ovoid/bulbous body that narrows to a short, constricted neck. The neck rises to a thin, slightly flared rim. The surface appears matte and light tan to beige, with darker discoloration and wear concentrated near the base and around the lower body; there are no visible decorative bands or incised motifs. No hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible on the vessel in this view. No cartouches or royal names can be identified. Materials are not definitively confirmable from the photo, but it does not clearly appear as glass (it looks more like clay/ceramic).

daily life Meroitic Period (per catalogue); image alone does not permit a secure dating good
Materials tan/beige opaque vessel surface (possibly ceramic)

Connections

Found at Faras

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116252227 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 26.4.128 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 573600 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.