Tile fragment
Description
New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279–1213 B.C. Ceramic, glaze. 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.
Small glazed ceramic tile fragment decorated with black/red linework, including a wheel-like rosette and a column of vertical hieroglyph-like strokes on a light ground.
The image shows a broken fragment of a decorative tile with a light (off-white) surface and traces of colored decoration. A central circular element with radiating spokes/segments resembles a rosette or wheel motif; surrounding it are several curved and straight bands in darker ink/paint (black-brown) that curve around the rosette. At the left side of the fragment, there is a rectangular area containing a vertical, ladder-like arrangement of strokes that could be part of a hieroglyphic sign, though the full sign is incomplete due to the damage. No readable cartouche or clearly legible deity name is visible in the remaining area. The fragment edges show breakage and some surface abrasion. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.
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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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
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