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Third Intermediate Period or later
This fragment from the rim of a chalice is decorated with a narrow block border, then an upper register with water lily flowers and leaves. The small part preserved of the main band of decoration depicts the upper part of a Hathor-headed sistrum flanked by papyrus plants.
See 26.7.971 for a complete example of this type of relief chalice.
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Title: Chalice fragment
Period: Third Intermediate Period or later
Dynasty: Dynasty 21–25
Date: ca. 1070–664 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: H. 4.8 × W. 3.3 × Th. 0.6 cm (1 7/8 × 1 5/16 in., 0.6 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Object Number: 26.7.977
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