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Figure of Ramesses II From a Group Statue
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
King Ramesses II wears a headdress combining the royal nemes head cloth, with the double-crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. Note the king's royal beard, considered to be an attribute of the gods. Kings wore false beards (held in place by a cord) to portray themselves as living gods. The inscribed belt buckle contains the hieroglyphs forming his throne name, User-Maat-Re Setep-en-Re. The king would have had five names in total, this name and three others acquired when he assumed the throne, and Ramesses, his birth name. To his right, another figure was once placed, most likely a god or goddess.
Provenance
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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as from Upper Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 1/1/1945 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 5/12/1959 | Treatment | cleaned; loss compensation; coated |
| 7/12/1967 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 3/2/1971 | Treatment | reconstructed; loss compensation |
| 6/16/1994 | Treatment | technical study; cleaned; stabilized |
| 5/5/1997 | Examination | technical study |
| 10/21/1998 | Examination | survey |
| 5/31/2000 | Treatment | examined for technical study; cleaned; loss compensation |
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 17 1/2 x W: 5 1/2 x D: 3 3/4 in. (44.5 x 14 x 9.5 cm); H including base: 21 1/16 in. (53.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
22.114