Blue-Petaled Rosette from Amarna
Blue-Petaled Rosette from Amarna
Place of OriginEgypt, Akhetaten (modern Amarna)
Date2nd Millennium BCE
MediumFaience
ClassificationJewelry
Credit LineGift of the Egypt Exploration Society
Object number
1925.677
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DescriptionA small faience inlay or button-like ornament, circular in form, with a central rosette motif. The design consists of bright blue petals radiating from a central red core, all set against a yellow faience background.
Label TextBlue petals radiate from a red center on this small faience rosette, set against a yellow background. Excavated from Amarna’s Main Town in 1922, it likely adorned a surface—perhaps furniture or architecture—within the royal or elite residences of Akhenaten’s capital.
Probably Late Helladic III, about the 14th-12th century BCE
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
25th–31st Dynasties (747–332 BCE)
250-150 BCE
Unidentified
18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE), about 1347-1338 BCE
150-100 BCE
Roman Period, 1st-4th century CE
19th–30th Dynasties (1292–343 BCE)
About 1st-2nd century CE
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