Cartouche-Shaped Plaque Fragment

Unknown

ca. 1153–1147 B.C. · Glass · Egyptian Art

Ramesses IV initiated several building projects and sent large expeditions to mining regions and quarries early on in his reign. His plans and ambitions were cut short by his death in the sixth year of his reign, but he had been able to complete and decorate his tomb in the Valley of the Kings. He also began work on a gigantic processional temple in Thebes, in which a number of intact foundation deposits were found with literally hundreds of plaques and other objects. Most of the plaques are made of faience, but this one, representing part of a cartouche, is made of glass.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1153–1147 B.C.

Medium

Glass

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1916