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Tile with papyrus plant
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Faience, New Kingdom Ramesside, Dynasty 19
Rights: Public Domain
Egyptian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Rogers Fund Edward S. Harkness Gift and by exchange 1922 1929 1935
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