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| Item Number: |
6JKSS |
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| Category: |
Egyptian |
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| Period: |
Old Kingdom |
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| Date: |
3rd Dynasty, 2630-2611 B.C. |
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| Material: |
Faience |
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| Height: |
2 3/8" (5.9cm) |
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| Display Stand: |
Not Available |
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| Price: |
$ 900 (USD) |
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| Status: |
Available |
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| Description: |
Rectangular in form, slightly convex on the front, the back with a pierced rectangular tenon for attachment. Similar tiles were found in the subterranean funerary chamber of King Djoser below the step-pyramid at Saqqara. It is thought that the king’s architect, Imhotep, used stone and tile as a more permanent substitute for the wattle and daub, brick and wood of domestic architecture.
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| Provenance: |
European Art Market
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| Condition: |
Intact
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| References: |
For a reconstructed panel of tiles thought to imitate a wattle construction made with reeds, see no. 17 in Saleh and Sourouzian, The Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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