Cup of Nesikhonsu
Object type: Cup, Nesikhonsu, royal cache, Painedjem II
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Third Intermediate Period or later
Dynasty: Dynasty 21
Reign: pontificate of Painedjem II
Date: ca. 990–969 B.C.
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: H. 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.); Diam. 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.)
Geography: From|Probably from  |  Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Valleys south of Deir el-Bahri, Valley of the Cachette
Locale: First Royal Cache (TT 320)
Locus: Burial of Nesikhonsu
Excavation: Egyptian Antiquities Service/Maspero excavations, 1881
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession year: 1926