Tile from Side of Stairway to Dais
Description
Tile, palace of Ramesses II. New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279–1213 B.C. Faience, Paste. H. 24 × W. 20.5 × D. 5.3 cm (9 7/16 × 8 1/16 × 2 1/16 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.
Broken ceramic/paste tile fragment decorated with Egyptian architectural/religious-style relief lines, including a curved register and a rectangular framed element with a border.
The object is a weathered, broken tile-like fragment with a light-colored surface layer and exposed darker substrate at edges. Painted/relief-like decoration is visible: along the lower portion runs a curved, stepped band and grid/check pattern; toward the left-upper area a prominent curved element with enclosed shapes is outlined. On the right side there is a rectangular, vertically oriented framed motif with internal ribbed detailing. No legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or complete figures are clearly preserved; the visible marks appear decorative rather than readable text. The surface shows cracking and loss consistent with a fragmentary ceramic/faience-paste installation tile, but exact pigment/material identification from the photo alone is limited.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415481 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 35.1.13 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548443 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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