Drinking Cup

Title (Dublin Core): Drinking Cup
Description (Dublin Core): 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. Ca. 1900-1550 B.C.
From Nubia (Sudan), Lower Nubia, Faras, Cemetery 2, Grave 110, University of Oxford Excavations in Nubia 1911–1912; Dynasty 12–17; C-Group
Creator (Dublin Core): C-Group Culture
Date Created (Dublin Core): earliest: 1900 BCE; latest: 1550 BCE
Date (Dublin Core): 1913
Provenance (Dublin Core): Excavated by F. Ll. Griffith during his 1911-1912 season at Gebel Faras. Ceded to Griffith in the division of finds. Sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Griffith, 1913.
Identifier (Dublin Core): 13.125.28a
Medium (Dublin Core): Black incised ware with white filling
Format (Dublin Core): h. 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in); diam. 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in)
Publisher (Dublin Core): The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Source (Dublin Core): Rogers Fund, 1913
Rights (Dublin Core): https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access
Contributor (Dublin Core): C-Group Culture
Subject (Dublin Core): Egyptian Art; Cups; drinking vessels; Africa; Nubia; Sudan