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.
Brooklyn #52.148.2, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
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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. Brooklyn #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. Brooklyn #52.148.1, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund |
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(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." |
Egyptian, New Kingdom, Amarna Period, ca. 1353-1329 B.C.E. Left: Faience, 2 x 2 15/16 in. (5.1 x 7.5 cm), Excavated: Tell el Amarna, Egypt 37.411, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society. Right: Faience, 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm) Brooklyn #16.345, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour |
