Statue
| Object Number: | 69-29-1 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt Abydos |
| Site Name/Number: | Abydos |
| Locus: | RP 7ES |
| Period: | New Kingdom Eighteenth Dynasty Nineteenth Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 1290-1224 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1290 |
| Late Date: | -1224 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Limestone Pigment |
| Iconography: | Human Head Ramesses II Osiris |
| Height: | 171 cm |
| Length: | 0 cm |
| Width: | 119.38 cm |
| Depth: | 60.96 cm |
| Credit Line: | Penn-Yale Expedition to Abydos, Egypt; David O'Connor and William Kelly Simpson, 1969 |
| Other Number: | 67-667 - Field No SF |
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.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Upper Egyptian Gallery (1983 - 1991) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Upper Egyptian Gallery (1996 - 2006) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Upper Egyptian Gallery (1991 - 1996) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Upper Egyptian Gallery (2006) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Wegner, Jennifer H., and Wegner, Josef W. 2015. The Sphinx That Traveled To Philadelphia.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Press. pg. 239 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 220/8.50 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2014. History of the World in 1,000 Objects.. London. Dorling Kindersley Limited. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 28 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. Cornell University Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 33/fig.3 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Horne, Lee C. 1985. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 23/12 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Winegrad, Dilys P. 1993. Through Time, Across Continents.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 32, fig. 29 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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