Faience Drinking Cup from the 18th Dynasty

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 12 April 2016
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This is a faience (bluish-green) drinking cup. The cup's exterior surface was elaborated with incised decoration representing lotus flower petals. From Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1543-1292 BCE. (The British Museum, London)

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2016, April 12). Faience Drinking Cup from the 18th Dynasty. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4895/faience-drinking-cup-from-the-18th-dynasty/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Faience Drinking Cup from the 18th Dynasty." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified April 12, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4895/faience-drinking-cup-from-the-18th-dynasty/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Faience Drinking Cup from the 18th Dynasty." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 12 Apr 2016. Web. 01 Apr 2023.

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