Object Number |
E635 |
Current Location |
Collections Storage |
Provenience |
Egypt | Heracleopolis |
Locus |
Vestibule of the Temple of Herishef |
Period |
New Kingdom | Nineteenth Dynasty |
Date Made |
1292 - 1190 BCE |
Section |
Egyptian |
Materials |
Quartzite |
Iconography |
Ramesses II |
Description |
Heroic seated statue of Ramses II. Enthroned king has traces of red on flesh and wears blue / yellow striped Nemes headddress. Deep cut inscriptions on the throne and base bear the names and titles of Ramses II: on the base he is said to be beloved of Herishef; perhaps usurped by Ramses II from an earlier statue of the Middle Kingdom. Throne bears traces of ancient carving error. The carver put signs the wrong way round on the left side of the throne and covered his mistake with plaster filling; cut 2 new signs over it facing in the correct direction. Plaster was mistakenly picked out once it was on display at museum, exposing error. |
Height |
243.84 cm |
Length |
149 cm |
Width |
74 cm |
Credit Line |
Museum Purchase, Subscription of Mrs. John Harrison, 1892 |
Other Number |
ES635 - Original Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Miller, Philippus. A Statue of Ramesses II in the University Museum, Philadelphia. 25. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. Page/Fig./Plate: 1-7 |
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Naville, Henri E. Ahnas el Medineh. Page/Fig./Plate: 11 |
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Petrie, William M. Roman Ehnasya. Page/Fig./Plate: 15 |
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Sourouzian, Hourig. Recherches sur la statuaire royale de la XIXe dynastie. Cairo: 2020. Page/Fig./Plate: 481 |
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Wegner, Josef W., and Jennifer H. Wegner. The Sphinx That Traveled To Philadelphia. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015. Page/Fig./Plate: 239 Page/Fig./Plate: 211/8.35a,b |
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Quick, Jennifer. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. 1st ed. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2004. See: p. 99, fig. 88 |
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Horne, Lee C. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1985. Page/Fig./Plate: 22/10 |
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Ranke, Hermann. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections." The University Museum Bulletin 15, no. 2-3. (1950): 21-109. See: p. 52 |
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