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Tile with a papyrus plant

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Description

Tile, palace of Ramesses II. New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279–1213 B.C. Faience. L. 10 cm (3 15/16 in), w. 12 cm (4 3/4 in), Depth 3 cm (1 3/16 in). From: Palace of Ramesses II, Private apartments, 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 faience tile fragment decorated with a brown/black motif resembling a stylized plant or papyrus form.

The image shows a small, irregularly broken rectangular ceramic/faience tile fragment. The decoration is painted in dark brown/black lines on a light background. A central vertical, wedge-like form with adjacent vertical strokes suggests a stylized plant with banded leaves or reeds; at the left are two curved, oval shapes attached to a larger central element, consistent with a schematic botanical or papyrus-plant icon. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or named royal texts are visible; the dark marks appear decorative rather than textual. The fragment’s edges are chipped, indicating a partial object, and there is no visible glaze detail beyond the overall light-colored surface.

decorative New Kingdom (Ramesside period) — consistent with catalogue, though exact dating cannot be confirmed from the image alone. fragmentary
Materials faience (glazed ceramic surface; appears light-colored with painted decoration)

Connections

Found at Qantir (Piramesse)
Royals Ramesses II

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116415752 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 35.1.109 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 549234 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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.