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Limestone statue

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Title/s	Limestone statue
Category	figure
Name	statue
Description	head of king, wearing the double crown. Representing Ramesses II wearing the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt. Many statues were produced during the reign of Ramesses II: some were earlier sculptures re-carved, or with the name of Ramesses simply replacing that of the previous king.
Field Collection	Egypt
Dimensions	length 26 cm
Period	Nineteenth Dynasty New Kingdom
Date	circa 1279 B.C. — 1213 B.C.
Documentation	Malek, Jaromír Porter, Bertha Moss, Rosalind (1999) Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, statues, reliefs and paintings. Vol. 8, Objects of provenance not known. Part 1, Royal statues. Private statues (Predynastic to Dynasty XVII) , Oxford : Griffith Institute (1999) Oxford: Griffith Institute [page: 92]
Material/s	limestone
Accession Number	E.SU.160 (Antiquities) (Reference Number: 65205; Input Date: 2003-03-25 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)

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Limestone statue