Tile with seated Tatenen (or Ptah-Tatenen)

This decorative tile shows a seated, shrouded god holding a was scepter and wearing a broad collar, a divine beard, and the so-called Tatenen crown, which consists of two wide spiral ram horns, two curled ostrich feathers, and a sun disk. Tatenen, the deity with whom this distinctive crown was most closely associated, was first attested in the First Intermediate Period. His name, 𓇾𓍿𓇑𓇑𓀭 Ta-tjenen, meaning "the rising land," is likely a reference to the first land that rose from the primordial waters of Nun at creation. During the Ramesside Period, he was frequently merged with another creator deity, Ptah. In representations, that merged deity, known as Ptah-Tatenen, usually appears identical to Tatenen, with none of Ptah’s iconography retained. This tile could represent Tatenen alone, but given its date of production it is more likely the merged Ptah-Tatenen. While the findspot of the tile is unknown, it is similar to the fine faience tiles from the palace of Ramesses II at the site of Tell el-Yahudiya, and it is possible that it came from that site.