Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Model cup
Description
Blue faience
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
An ancient Egyptian small cup, likely used for holding offerings or cosmetics.
This artifact is a small cup with a simple, rounded shape and a narrow base, indicative of typical vessel forms used in ancient Egyptian daily life. The material appears to be faience, characterized by a glazed, bright blue-green surface, though it shows signs of wear and discoloration. The cup has visible cracking, suggesting its age and fragility.
daily life
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247936 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.3.128 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544354 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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