Cup

E5271

From: Egypt | Nubia | Shablul

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E5271
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Meroitic
Provenience Egypt | Nubia | Shablul
Locus Cemetery J33B
Date Made 100 BCE-300 CE
Section Egyptian
Materials Ceramic | Paint
Technique Painted
Iconography Chicken | ankh
Description

Cup with slightly flaring sides. Decoration consists of birds (guinea fowl) pecking the ground and ankh signs.

Height 8.5 cm
Outside Diameter 8.7 cm
Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Nubia, Shablul; D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Wooley, 1907

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