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Tile depicting Foreigners

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Description

New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279–1213 B.C. Faience, Paste. L. 12 cm (4 3/4 in.), W. 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.), D. 2.5 cm (1 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.

A broken rectangular plaster/faience tile fragment showing the painted lower body and legs of a standing figure in Egyptian-style costume.

The object is a thick, broken tile with a mostly white/light ground. Only part of a figure is preserved: a bent left arm/hand area is faintly visible at left, while the right side preserves the legs and a partially shown garment border. The figure is rendered in reddish-brown and darker lines, with striped or banded decoration on the upper leg/garment area. No clear facial features, headdress, or full body attributes are preserved. The visible imagery does not show an identifiable deity emblem, and no cartouche or royal name is legible. There is no clear hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text visible in the provided image.

decorative New Kingdom, Ramesside period (consistent with catalogue; specific king unknown) fragmentary
Materials painted faience/paste surface (white ground with reddish-brown pigment)likely faience or paste core (not directly verifiable from photo)

Connections

Found at Qantir (Piramesse)
Royals Ramesses II

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116415747 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 35.1.36 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 549226 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.