This is a 3D digital scan file of an Early Bronze Age anthropomorphic handled and footed face mask cup referred to as the 'Mitchelstown Face Cup' (Vessel 2, National Museum of Ireland registration no. 04E1072:2). The vessel was found in 2004 during archaeological excavation of the site designated Mitchelstown 2 (excavation licence number 04E1071), one of five pre-construction excavations undertaken by Eachtra Archaeological Projects on behalf of Cork County Council and the National Roads Authority, along the route of the 4.5 km-long N8/N73 Mitchelstown Relief Road (the final excavation report is available https://doi.org/10.7486/DRI.1j92vp34m). The scan data, saved in the *.stl file format, was captured by Coastway Ltd using a Next Engine 3D Scanner HD, with mount and turntable. The STL (acronym for Stereolithography) file format represents only the surface geometry of a three-dimensional object without any representation of colour, texture or other common CAD model attributes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STL_(file_format)). It is a format commonly used for 3D printing. Mitchelstown 2 was located on the on the northern bank of the Gradoge River, the excavated remains comprised a truncated burnt mound spread and an isolated pit, with an adjacent stakehole. The pit contained the remains of three Early Bronze Age pottery vessels and a ceramic spoon. Vessel 1 (National Museum of Ireland Reg. No. 04E1071:1) comprised the fragmented remains of a Cordoned Urn. Vessel 2 (National Museum of Ireland Reg. No. 04E1071:2) comprised a handled and footed face mask cup, referred to as the 'Mitchelstown Face Cup'. Specialist analysis determined that the pot is a hemispherical bowl, originally circular in plan but slightly distorted to an oval shape by pressure from the pit fill, which narrows to an oval base. It has a maximum external rim diameter of 12cm, an internal depth of 7.3cm and the thickness of the body ranges from 14.3-17mm. It has two opposed protruding feet that merge with the pot base. Two semi-hemispherical lugs were applied vertically, but asymmetrically, at the midpoint of the bowl profile. Midway between these is a short applied handle with a trefoil section: on either side of the handle there are two carefully executed circular impressions impressed with a cylindrical tool, probably a cut animal bone. It is clear that the lugs (ears), handle (nose), impressed circles (eyes) and feet (legs or arms) are a stylised, and possibly comical, representation of a human. It is also evident that the close positioning of the lugs and handle on one side of the vessel created a serious weight imbalance and the vessel could not have stood upright unaided. The vessel was inexpertly made, it was possibly moulded from a single lump of clay rather than coil or slab built. The reddish brown fabric is hard and compact, the vessel was well-fired. Vessel 3 (National Museum of Ireland Reg. No. 04E1071:3) comprised a tub-shaped pot with asymmetrically applied lugs for 'ears'. The final object in the pit was a ceramic spoon (National Museum of Ireland Reg. No. 04E1071:4). The original position of the spoon within the pit is not known as its bowl was broken into several fragments as found. Oak charcoal from the upper pit fill was radiocarbon dated to the Early Bronze Age (1916-1696 cal BC, Lab. Code UB-6743). The discovery is discussed in detail in Kiely, J & Sutton, B 2007 'The new face of Bronze Age pottery ', in J O'Sullivan & M Stanley (eds) New Routes to the Past. Archaeology and the National Roads Authority Monograph Series No. 4, 25-33. National Roads Authority, Dublin (https://doi.org/10.7486/DRI.9c6892738).