The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Cup from the Burial of Nesikhonsu, Wife of Painedjem II

Cup from the Burial of Nesikhonsu, Wife of Painedjem II

Period:: Third Intermediate Period or later
Dynasty:: Dynasty 21
Reign:: Reign of High Priest Painedjem II
Date:: ca. 990–969 B.C.
Geography:: Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Royal Cache, Tomb of Inhapi (TT 320), Burial of Nesikhonsu, Maspero 1881
Medium:: Faience
Dimensions:: H. 6 cm (2 3/8 in); w. 7 cm (2 3/4 in)
Credit Line:: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession Number:: 26.7.984

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 130

Provenance

Excavated by Maspero, 1881. Acquired by of Rev. William MacGregor. MacGregor Collection sold at Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, June 26-July 6, 1922 [lot 252]; purchased by Lord Carnarvon. Carnarvon Collection purchased by the Museum from Lady Carnarvon, 1926.
See also
What
Faience (11,729)

Drinking vessels (5,905)

Cups (3,759)
Where
Africa (33,670)

Egypt (29,988)

Upper Egypt (13,830)

Thebes (10,646)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (22,963)
In the Museum
Egyptian Art (26,465)
Timelines from the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Egypt, 1000 B.C.-1 A.D.

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