Cup

This cup comes from the burial of a woman named Nesikhonsu. She was the daughter of one high priest of the god Amun-Re, the Wife of another, and herself an important priestess of that deity.

• Medium: Faience, glazed
• Geographical Location: Thebes (Deir el Bahri), Egypt
• Dates: ca. 985-974 B.C.E.
• Dynasty: second half of XXI Dynasty
• Period: Third Intermediate Period
• Dimensions: 2 5/16 x 2 11/16 in. (5.9 x 6.9 cm)
• Collection: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, EXHIBITION-3, ECAMEA-3G81
• Accession Number: 16.73
• Image: 16.73_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,