- Museum number
- EA1006
- Description
-
Black granite figure of 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.
- Production date
- 1270BC (circa)
- Dimensions
-
Height: 94 centimetres
-
Weight: 320 kilograms
-
Width: 39 centimetres
-
Depth: 72 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
-
- Inscription subject
royal
- 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].
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
Exhibited:
2002 8 Sept-2003 25 May, Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Les Pharaons
2011 Jul–Sept, Newcastle, Great North Museum, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2012 Oct–Jan, Dorchester, Dorset County Museum, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2012 Feb–June, Leeds City Museum, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2012 Jul-Oct, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2012 Nov– Feb 2013, Glasgow, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2013 Mar–Aug, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2016 8 Mar-12 Jun, Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2018 7 Jun-16 Sep, Barcelona, La Caixa, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2018-2019 16 Oct-20 Jan, Madrid, La Caixa, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2019 19 Feb-25 Aug, Girona, La Caixa, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2019-2020 24 Sept-12 Jan, Seville, La Caixa, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
- Condition
- The state of preservation is good apart from the beak which has been broken away
- Acquisition date
- 1883
- Acquisition notes
- 'Presented 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).
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA1006
- Registration number
- 1883,1107.1
