Drinking Cup
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
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.
An Egyptian ceramic drinking cup (bowl-shaped) with incised geometric patterns on the exterior.
The image shows a small, rounded bowl with a slightly flaring rim and a concave interior. The exterior surface is decorated with dense, incised geometric motifs: a continuous band near the rim with triangular elements and, across the main body, repeating diamond/chevron-like patterns arranged in registers. No legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or inscriptions are clearly visible. The object appears dark with a mottled surface consistent with polished black ware; faint lighter residues may correspond to the catalogue’s noted white filling in the incised areas. No metal, glass, or pigments beyond these traces are clearly distinguishable. The surface shows wear consistent with antiquity, though the exact condition of the rim and incision edges is difficult to assess from the single view.
Connections
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)
About this record's data
- 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.