Tile with papyrus plant
Description
New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279–1213 B.C. Faience. L. 8 cm (3 1/8 in), w. 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in), Depth 1.7 cm (11/16 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.
A small fragment of a blue-green ceramic tile showing the outline of a lotus/papyrus-like plant motif in reddish-brown pigment.
The image shows a single, broken rectangular-to-curved corner of an ancient Egyptian faience tile. The surface is light blue-green, and along the right/upper area there are two fan-like, ribbed plant forms painted or incised in reddish-brown, consistent with a stylized papyrus/lotus bloom or stem head. The left and bottom edges are chipped, indicating it is a fragment. No clear hieroglyphs, cartouches, or inscriptions are visible on the fragment. No deity name is legible; the only identifiable element is the plant ornamentation. The object is photographed against a neutral gray background; no additional labels or text appear in the image.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116415751 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 35.1.91 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 549233 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.