Palmette-like ornament
Object type: Tile, palmette ornament
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11
Reign: reign of Mentuhotep II
Date: ca. 2030–1640 B.C.
Medium: Limestone, paint
Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 8 11/16 in. (26 x 22 cm)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Mentuhotep II
Excavation: Egyptian Exploration Fund excavations, 1905
Credit line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1906
Accession year: 1906