Faience Wall Tiles
Tiles. Faience is crushed quartz with a vitreous (glassy) glaze. These tiles were strung together and plastered onto the walls in the funerary apartment of King Djoser.
by Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville, Major
Third Dynasty, Reign of King Djoser
Circa
-2690
-
Circa
-2670
Accession number: E.GA.4359.1943
Primary reference Number: 125493
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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