Ancient Egyptian cup from Abydos

Small ivory cup, like an egg cup. Wide at neck narrowing towards a waisted foot and tapering outwards slightly to form the base. The cup is decorated with bands of incised lines around the circumference and bands of circles with a dot inside. Foot chipped. The base is not entirely flat, there is an uneven chunk in the centre, suggesting the piece was turned on a lathe and was not finished propery when separated.

Ancient Egyptian cup from Abydos

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1983.1.180
  • Material: ivory
  • Object name: cup
  • Dimensions: Length: 45mm , Width: 40mm , Depth: 40mm
  • Site: Abydos
  • Latitude: 26.185
  • Longitude: 31.918889