Tile
Gallery Location
Not on View
Medium
Glazed composition (faience)
Geography
Said to be from Qantir, Egypt
Date
c. 1295-1069 BC
Period
19th-20th Dynasty, Ramesside Period, New Kingdom
Dimensions
8.9 × 7 × 0.3 cm
Object number
956.184.17
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Ancient Egypt & Nubia
Object History
Purchased in 1956 as a set (956.184.1-.17) from a dealer who says they are from Kantir. This is substantiated by comparison with the MET's tiles, published by Hayes: (Hayes, W. C. (1937). Glazed tiles from a palace of Ramesses II at Ḳantīr. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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