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statue
Object Type
statue
Museum number
EA11
Description
Sandstone hierakosphinx; head lost.
Cultures/periods
19th Dynasty
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Giovanni Battista Belzoni
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Temple of Ramses II (Abu Simbel)
, Great Hall
Materials
sandstone
Dimensions
Length:
115.50 centimetres
Curator's comments
PM VII, p.108.
Bibliographic references
Belzoni 1820 / Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia
(pl. 43)
Porter and Moss 1951 / Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings 7: Nubia, the Deserts, and Outside Egypt.
(p. 108)
Vandier 1958 / Manuel d’archéologie égyptienne
(p. 417)
McNaught 1978 / Henry Salt: His contribution to the Collections of Egyptian Sculpture in the British Museum
(p. 228)
Cimmino 1984 / Ramesses II, il Grande
(p. 246)
Davies 1991 / Egypt and Africa: Nubia from Prehistory to Islam
(p. 314)
Location
Not on display
Condition
incomplete - head lost
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Henry Salt
Acquisition date
1821
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA11
Registration number
.11
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
BS.11
(Birch Slip Number)
Conservation
Treatment
: 07 Sep 1990
Treatment
: 07 Sep 1990
Treatment
: 07 Sep 1990
Treatment
: 07 Sep 1990
Treatment
: 07 Sep 1990
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: 07 Sep 1990
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Treatment
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Treatment
: 24 Feb 1983