#Tile from the walls of Throne Room in Palace of Ramesses II

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Tile from the walls of Throne Room in Palace of Ramesses II - Met Museum Collection

Inventory Number: 35.1.28 New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, ca. 1279–1213 B.C. Location Information: From Egypt, Eastern Delta, Qantir (Piramesse), Palace of Ramesses II

Description:

This tile once decorated the palace of Ramesses II in Piramesse, which he made into one of the greatest royal cities of ancient Egypt. Thanks to the royal favor and its strategic location, Piramesse soon became an important international trade center and a cosmopolitan metropolis, boasting a harbor, a military base, and temples dedicated to various gods like Amun-Re-Harakhty-Atum, Seth, Astarte, etc.

This rectangular relief plaque shows a Nubian raising his arms in adoration, and was probably set into the lower registers of wall decoration in the public rooms of the palace.

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Tile from walls of Throne Room in the palace of Ramesses II via Egyptian Art

Medium: Faience

Purchase, Rogers Fund, Edward S. Harkness Gift and by exchange, 1922, 1929, 1935 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/560155