Tile Inlay depicting a Wig
Description
New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279–1213 B.C. Faience. H. 6.4 × W. 87 × D. 2 cm (2 1/2 × 34 1/4 × 13/16 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.
Fragmentary small inlay tile showing a molded/checkered pattern suggestive of hair or a wig design.
The image depicts a broken, irregularly shaped object with a curved profile. The surface is worn and brownish-gray, with raised molded decoration arranged in curved, overlapping bands and small repeating rectangles that could correspond to stylized wig/hair strands. No clearly readable hieroglyphs, cartouches, or inscriptions are visible on the shown surfaces. The object appears more like a ceramic/stone inlay fragment than a complete, colored faience plaque; discoloration and loss of surface material make precise material identification from the photo alone difficult. No deities or royal names can be securely identified from the visible pattern.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415743 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 35.1.37 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 549221 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.