Cup with three rows of impressed decoration

Meroitic Period

1st–3rd century

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 130

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Title: Cup with three rows of impressed decoration
Period: Meroitic Period
Date: 1st–3rd century
Geography: From Nubia (Sudan), Lower Nubia, Faras, Cemetery 1, Grave 1160, University of Oxford Excavations in Nubia 1911–1912
Medium: Pottery, paint
Dimensions: h. 7 cm (2 3/4 in); diam. 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1913
Object Number: 13.125.36
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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