Title: Tile with fish and lotus flowers in a canal
Object type: Tile, palace of Ramesses II, "Fish in a Canal"
Date: ca. 1279–1213 B.C.
Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside
Dynasty: Dynasty 19
Reign: reign of Ramesses II
Medium: Polychrome faience
Dimensions: l. 37.3 cm (14 11/16 in); w. 20 cm (7 7/8 in); d. 2 cm (13/16 in)
Credit line: Purchase, Rogers Fund, Edward S. Harkness Gift and by exchange, 1922, 1929, 1935
Geography: From    Egypt Eastern Delta Qantir (Piramesse) Palace of Ramesses II Private apartments  
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Fish