Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel

Feeding cup for infant Middle Kingdom

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Description

Cup, feeding. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, early-mid, ca. 1950–1850 B.C. Pottery. h. 5 cm (1 15/16 in); diam. 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in). Possibly from: cemetery west of Senwosret (758), Pit 848. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1909.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.

Connections

Materials PotteryCeramic

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116726735 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 09.180.768c tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546752 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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