Tile Item Number: 3160/68 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Ceramic tile, square. On a white background, tile has an image in maroon of the biblical story of Moses receiving the 10 Commandments. A man kneels on the top of a hill, holding tablets in front of him. The sun’s rays reach toward him. Below the hill is a camp in the distance with figures grouped before it. Reference “EXO, 32:15” is written along the bottom of the scene. Image is surrounded by a circular border, and ox-head motifs decorate the corners of the tile. Top surface is glazed and shiny; sides and bottom are undecorated.