| Object Number |
69-29-1 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Provenience |
Egypt | Abydos |
| Site Name |
Abydos |
| Locus |
RP 7ES |
| Period |
New Kingdom | Eighteenth Dynasty | Nineteenth Dynasty |
| Date Made |
1290-1224 BCE |
| Section |
Egyptian |
| Materials |
Limestone | Pigment |
| Iconography |
Human Head | Ramesses II | Osiris |
| Description |
This is a fragmentary bust from one of a series of colossal figures that originally decorated the front of a row of rectangular pillars in the courtyard of a small temple at Abydos. The king is depicted mummiform in the style of the god Osiris. The king holds the symbols of kingship, the crook and flail, in his now missing hands. Since the figure was intended to tower over any human below, the eyes look down. Much of the original color remains. |
| Height |
167.64 cm |
| Length |
0 cm |
| Width |
127.64 cm |
| Depth |
78.74 cm |
| Credit Line |
Penn-Yale Expedition to Abydos, Egypt; David O'Connor and William Kelly Simpson, 1969 |
| Other Number |
67-667 - Field No SF |
Current & Past Exhibitions
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| Dorling Kindersley Limited. History of the World in 1,000 Objects. London: Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2014. Page/Fig./Plate: 28 |
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| Winegrad, Dilys P. Through Time, Across Continents. The University Museum, 1993. See: p. 32, fig. 29 |
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| Cahail, Kevin M. "A new lease of life for an old favorite." Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 65, no. 3. (1958-): 12-17. Page/Fig./Plate: 12-17 |
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