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

Drinking Cup C-GroupFaras

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Description

Cup, geometric decoration. C-Group, ca. 1900–1550 B.C. Polished black ware with traces of white filling. h. 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in); diam. 14.3 cm (5 5/8 in). From: Cemetery 2, Grave 115, 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

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

Found at Faras

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116243514 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 13.125.26 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 555871 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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