tile
- Museum number
- EA66830
- Description
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A blue glazed composition tile: with slightly convex outer surface and a rectangular projection on the back for attachment. This projection is pierced horizontally by a single hole, by means of which the tile could be secured on a wire. Well-preserved glaze. The rear surface bears an incised mark of a hieroglyph.
- Production date
- 2650BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Length: 6 centimetres
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Width: 3.60 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The marks on the backs of the tiles are mentioned in H. Vyse and J. S. Perring, 'Appendix to Operations ... at the Pyramids of Gizeh' III (London, 1842), 49 and pl.C. See also the marked tiles from Elephantine, in G. Dreyer, 'Mitteilungen der Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Abteilung Kairo' 32 (Wiesbaden, 1976), 86, VI and pl.26a-b.
For discussion of the tiles from the Djoser pyramid, see J. P. Lauer, 'Histoire monumentale des pyramides d'Égypte' I (Cairo, 1962), 76-9; P. Lacau & J. P . Lauer, 'Pyramide à degrès’ I, 34-8. Compare the tiles from Elephantine,G. Dreyer, 'Mitteilungen der Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Abteilung Kairo' 32 (Wiesbaden, 1976), 86, VI (b) and pl.26a-b.
- Location
- On display (G64/dc11)
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 1966
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA66830
- Registration number
- 1966,0212.112