Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · architecture

Fragment of a Tile

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Description

Caption: Fragment of a Tile, ca. 1352–1332 B.C.E.. Faience, 1 5/16 × 3/8 × 2 1/16 in. (3.4 × 1 × 5.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.333.

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A fragment of a faience artifact with floral decoration.

The artifact is a small fragment of faience, showing a floral motif with blue and green glazes. The design appears to have been part of a larger pattern, indicating decorative usage. The object exhibits clean lines and intricate detailing typical of Egyptian decorative arts.

decorative unknown fragmentary
Materials faience

Connections

Found at Tell el-Amarna
Materials Faience

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.333 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 9589 tier-2
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