Drinking Cup
Description
C-Group, Dynasty 12–17, ca. 1900–1550 B.C. Black incised ware with white filling. h. 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in); diam. 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in). From: Cemetery 2, Grave 110, 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 hemispherical drinking cup with a dark black surface decorated in white-filled incised geometric patterning, viewed from the front.
The object is a shallow, bowl-like vessel with a rounded hemispherical body and a slightly flaring rim. The exterior surface is covered by dense, incised/engraved geometric motifs: rows of diamond shapes and crosshatched/hatched textures that appear filled with a lighter (white) substance, producing strong high-contrast patterning across the sides and around the rim. No figural scenes are visible. The base is not the original but appears mounted on a modern white support stand. No legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or textual bands can be confirmed from the image resolution; any markings are too small or indistinct to read. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116275466 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 13.125.28a tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548348 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.