Cavetto Tile from the palace of Ramesses II
Description
New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279–1213 B.C. Faience. L. 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.), W. 9 cm (3 9/16 in.), D. 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.). From: Palace of Ramesses II, Qantir (Piramesse), Eastern Delta, Egypt. 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.
White-outlined illustration of a corner/section of an Egyptian faience cavetto tile with register decoration and figures above an ornate border.
The image is a line drawing showing an architectural tile element: a curved cavetto profile at a corner with multiple bands. A dark-gray central scene depicts a row of standing or seated figures/standing forms arranged in registers within an inner frame, while an outer border contains repeating vertical motifs (possibly stylized columns or plant/lotus-like elements) and a patterned band along the rim. The outer top edges show additional rectangular border elements with repeated small details. No legible individual hieroglyphs are readable at this resolution, and no cartouches, royal names, or deity labels are clearly identifiable from the drawing. The illustration style indicates ornamentation rather than an inscribed textual panel. Overall form is consistent with decorative glazed/ faience tilework associated with palace architecture, but specific figure identities (deities) cannot be confirmed from the provided image alone.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116275253 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 35.1.22 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548442 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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