Pot
Description
Meroitic Period, A.D. 3rd century. Pottery. Diam. 9.5 × H. 6.4 cm (3 3/4 × 2 1/2 in.). From: Cemetery 1, Grave 2012, Faras, Lower Nubia, Nubia (Sudan). Excavation: University of Oxford Excavations in Nubia 1911–1912. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1913.
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 ceramic bowl/pot with a thick rim, decorated externally with painted bands and scattered motifs, shown against a dark studio background.
The object appears to be a Meroitic-period ceramic vessel (a bowl with a flaring body and a slightly thickened, rounded rim). The exterior surface shows extensive but worn polychrome decoration: a band of red-orange pigment near the upper body/rim region and a lower band with darker lines; additional faded light-colored (cream/white) dots and spots are scattered across the surface. The vessel interior is not clearly patterned from this angle. No clearly legible hieroglyphs or alphabetic scripts are visible on the photographed surfaces; there are no cartouches or royal names apparent. The paint is heavily abraded, and small chips/flaking are visible along the rim and body edges, suggesting a weathered/aged and/or restored surface. No deities can be identified from iconography, as no specific figure forms are visible—only abstract decorative elements.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116442945 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 13.125.33 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 576327 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.