Cup with three rows of impressed decoration
Description
Cup, impressed rows. Meroitic Period, 1st–3rd century. Pottery, paint. h. 7 cm (2 3/4 in); diam. 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in). From: Cemetery 1, Grave 1160, 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.
Terracotta cup with an impressed decorative band forming three horizontal rows of repeating diamond/oval motifs around the body.
The image shows a small, handmade terracotta pottery cup viewed front-on. The rim is plain and the vessel walls are decorated with impressed marks organized into three horizontal registers. Each register contains repeating, roughly diamond-shaped and oval/teardrop impressions, creating a patterned frieze. A faint reddish-brown surface coloration is visible, but there are no clearly legible painted inscriptions. Near the upper exterior surface, a dark red/gray accession or inventory marking appears (illegible at this resolution), but it is not a hieroglyphic inscription. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116247852 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 13.125.36 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 552302 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).
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