Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art: Cup

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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
Place Made: 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)
Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor
Accession Number: 16.73
Credit Line: Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
Image: Overall, 16.73_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art: Cup