Tile with water flowers in a canal
Description
New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279–1213 B.C. Faience. L. 22 cm (8 11/16 in), w. 20 cm (7 7/8 in), Depth 2 cm (13/16 in). From: Palace of Ramesses II, Private apartments, Qantir (Piramesse), Eastern Delta, Egypt. Subject: Flowers. Credit: Purchase, Rogers Fund, Edward S. Harkness Gift and by exchange, 1922, 1929, 1935.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A fragmentary ceramic/faience tile decorated with dark painted/engraved linear motifs resembling water reeds or flowers along a canal.
The object is a rectangular but badly broken tile fragment with a worn surface. The central field is filled with dense, dark (possibly black/brown) linear patterning: repeated chevrons/arcing strokes and diagonal hatch-like lines form a stylized scene. In the lower and right portions, the lines converge around rounded and leaf-like shapes that could represent water plants (e.g., stylized lotus/reed flowers) framed by canal-like water waves. There is no clearly legible border text; edges show chipping and loss of material. The overall look is consistent with a small decorative tile with applied glaze/faience and incised or overpainted ornament, rather than a figurative carving.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116413655 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 35.1.105 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544761 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.