Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Cup of Nesikhonsu
Description
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.
A small blue faience cup featuring hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a blue faience cup, likely used in ritual or ceremonial contexts. Its cylindrical shape and vibrant color are typical of small, functional objects from ancient Egypt. The hieroglyphic inscription, enclosed within a cartouche on the exterior, suggests it could reference a royal or divine individual. The craftsmanship indicates skilled production, common in items intended for high-status use.
hieroglyphic only
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Signs
ankh
reed ×2
basket
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116408719 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 2021.41.118 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 329896 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.