Fragment of tile
Description
Glazed limestone
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 rectangular fragment of an Egyptian glazed tile showing recessed/inscribed figures and architectural motifs arranged in a roughly symmetrical composition.
The image shows a thick, rectangular fragment with broken edges, featuring light beige/cream surfaces and darker incised outlines. In the center is a roughly humanoid or figure-like form with arms extended, rendered in raised/delimited contours within a bordered field. On the left side are blocky, register-like shapes resembling stylized columns or architectural elements; on the right are vertical, rod-like forms and a small rectangular element. The motifs appear to be molded or incised and then filled with darker material, consistent with decorative tile work. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text are visible in the provided image. A few areas show what may be traces of glaze or coloring, including a faint red/brown pigment or fired coloration along the left edge.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116272664 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 10.130.1680 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 550201 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.