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Two tiles with Asiatic and Libyan Figures
JE 36457 D, A Cairo Antiquity Museum
Material: Colored
Faience
Size: Height: About 26 cm; Width: About 7 cm
Location: Medinet Habu, Palace of Ramesses III
Excavation: Antiquities Service Excavations of 1910
Period: 20th Dynasty Reign of Ramesses III (1194-1163
BC)
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Not much remains extant of the palaces built by the Pharaohs
of Egypt, because they were simply not built by the
same standards used for the temples and tombs that must
survive time. However, among the remains that have
come down to us are faience tiles used to pave floors in
the public areas of the
palace that Ramesses
III build on the West
Bank at Thebes
(modern Luxor).
The polychrome effects appearing on these tiles can
only be obtained through repeated and delicate firing
processes. Various
enemies of Egypt are depicted on the remaining
tiles. These specific tiles illustrate an Asiatic,
identifiable by his long, pointed beard, and a Libyan,
recognizable by his central braid and the tattoos on his
body.
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