Pot
Description
Meroitic Period, A.D. 3rd century. Bronze. Diam. 3.8 × H. 7.6 cm (1 1/2 × 3 in.). From: Cemetery 1, Grave 879, 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, bulbous ancient Egyptian/Meroitic bronze pot/vessel with a flared rim and stacked, ring-like decorative bands.
The image shows a single standing vessel photographed against a neutral studio background. The object is a compact pot with a narrow neck, a slightly wider shoulder, and a rounded body that narrows toward the base. The top opening is circular with a flared rim. Around the middle and lower portion there are three raised, horizontal ring/band elements that read as simple decorative mouldings. The surface is dark greenish-brown with mottled corrosion products, consistent with aged bronze. No relief or painted iconography is visible, and there are no clearly readable inscriptions or cartouches on the sides. The catalogued subject is a bronze pot from the Meroitic Period, find spot Faras; the visible form matches a small vessel rather than a figurative or inscribed artifact, and there is no evidence that contradicts the “Pot” designation.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116442946 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 13.125.47 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 576330 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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.