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Tile with flower decoration

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This tile formed part of the wall decoration of the great palace at El-`Amarna. It shows a vegetative decoration of plant stems, blue flax flowers, and separate inlaid flowers of Anthemis pseudocotula, which has white leaves and yellow flower heads.

Present location

PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM

Inventory number

4824

Dating

AMENHOTEP IV/AMENOPHIS IV/NEFERKHEPERURE/AKHENATEN

Archaeological Site

EL-`AMARNA/AKHETATEN

Category

TILE

Material

FAIENCE; GLAZE

Technique

FAYENCE; GLAZED; INLAY; PAINTED

Height

1.7 cm

Width

7.4 cm

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