Object types
votive figure (all objects)
statue (all objects)
Materials
granite (scope note | all objects)
Techniques
incised (scope note | all objects)
Place (findspot)
Excavated/Findspot Tell el-Maskhuta (all objects)
Date
1270BC (circa)
Period/Culture
19th Dynasty (all objects)
Description
Black granite votive figure: a seated falcon on a pedestal behind a deeply incised cartouche containing the nomen of Ramses II. An incised inscription on the front of the pedestal names the god Ra-Horakhty. The sides and back of the pedestal are uninscribed. The state of preservation is good apart from the beak which has been broken away. There are no traces of colour.
Inscriptions
Inscription Type: inscription
Inscription Script: hieroglyphic
Inscription Position: front
Inscription Comment: Incised hieroglyphs including the cartouche of Ramses II and the name of god Ra-Horakhty.
Dimensions
Height: 86.5 centimetres
Width: 35.5 centimetres
Condition
The state of preservation is good apart from the beak which has been broken away
Curator's comments
Bibliography:
E. Naville, 'The Store-City of Pithom and the Route of the Exodus' (London. 1885), 4, pl. 12; The British Museum, 'A guide to the Egyptian galleries (Sculpture)' (London, 1909), 164 (no. 596);
B. Porter & R. Moss, 'Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings' IV (Oxford: Clarendon Press), 53;
K.A. Kitchen, 'Ramesside Inscriptions' Vol. 2 (Oxford, 1979), 404, no. 151(B);
H. Coutts, 'Gold of the Pharaohs' (Edinburgh, 1988), p.29 [1];
M.A. Corzo, 'Nefertari Luce d'Egitto' (Rome, 1994), p. 141 [14];
C. Ziegler, 'The Pharaohs' (Venice, 2002), p. 403 [42].
Associated names
Named in inscription & portrayed Ra-Horakhty (biographical details | all objects)
Named in inscription Ramses II (biographical details | all objects)
Acquisition date
1883
Acquisition name
Donated by Egypt Exploration Fund (biographical details | all objects)
Acquisition notes
'Presnted by H.H. the Khedive to the Egypt Exploration Fund, and by the Fund to the Museum' (Naville, The Store-City of Pithom, 4 n.2).
Exhibition History
Exhibited:
2002-2003 8 Sept-25 May, Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Les Pharaons
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