Tile Fragment with Mandragora Fruit and Leaves
Faience, 2 15/16 x 5 5/16 in. (7.5 x 13.5 cm)
Reportedly from Hermopolis Magna, Egypt
New Kingdom, late XVIII Dynasty, 1352-1336 B.C.E.
52.148.2, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

 


Glazed Tile with Palms
Faience, 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Possibly from El Amarna, Egypt
New Kingdom, late XVIII Dynasty, 1352-1336 B.C.E.
52.148.1, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Photos © Joan Lansberry, May 2008

(From the info card)
"One of many decorated architectural tiles from el Amarna, this example shows two majestic doum palms and a series of unusual vertical leaves that have not been identified."