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A Egyptian Faience Blue Glazed Pyramid Tile, Old Kingdom, time of Djoser, ca. 2668 - 2649 BCE 18" Adjustable along with Amun of Thebes

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along with Amun of Thebes and Re of Heliopolis

In this fragment

with touch up to the painted decoration

The repeating geometric patterns—rather than narrative figural scenes suggest a Levantine origin

the sealed tablet inside was considered binding

A Egyptian Faience Blue Glazed Pyramid Tile, Old Kingdom, time of Djoser, ca. 2668 - 2649 BCE 18" Adjustable along with Amun of ThebesThis tile of pale blue glazed faience in the shape of a slightly convex rectangle, thicker in the center and tapering towards the edges. A smaller rectangle, raised in the back center of the tile, is pierced longitudinally for attachment. The back of the tile also has white deposits indicating the presence of some form of gesso or similar binding agent. Faience tiles were manufactured in bulk and used as surface decoration, a famous example being

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