Ancient Egyptian tile fragment from Amarna dated 1550 – 1295 BC

White faience tile fragment roughly square in shape, from the edge of a tile. White glazed on upper surface only, with three lines of blue glaze zig zags as decoration, maybe to denote water. Possibly intentional curved notch in one of the broken edges. Possibly once part of a circle for inlay.

Ancient Egyptian tile fragment from Amarna dated 1550 – 1295 BC

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1967.44.A
  • Material: faience
  • Culture: Dynasty 18
  • Period: New Kingdom
  • Dated: 1550 - 1295 BC
  • Object name: tile fragment
  • Dimensions: Length: 28mm , Width: 26mm , Depth: 10mm
  • Published references: Pendlebury J D S City of Akhenaten: Text 3 vol.1 1951 p.74
  • Site: Amarna
  • Latitude: 27.645197
  • Longitude: 30.896483