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Drinking Cup

C-Group
ca. 1900–1550 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 109
This handmade cup was smoothed inside with the fingers, and the outer surface burnished with a smooth pebble. The rim decoration consists of two rings of impressed triangles filled with white pigment, creating a pattern of raised black lozenges. Below, a series of triangles and lozenges are filled with short hatched lines that are enhanced with white pigment.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Drinking Cup
  • Period: C-Group
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 12–17
  • Date: ca. 1900–1550 B.C.
  • Geography: From Nubia (Sudan), Lower Nubia, Faras, Cemetery 2, Grave 110, University of Oxford Excavations in Nubia 1911–1912
  • Medium: Black incised ware with white filling.
  • Dimensions: h. 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in); diam. 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1913
  • Object Number: 13.125.28a
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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