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Figure of Ramesses II From a Group Statue

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Description

<p>King Ramesses II wears a headdress combining the royal nemes head cloth, with the double-crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. Note the king's royal beard, considered to be an attribute of the gods. Kings wore false beards (held in place by a cord) to portray themselves as living gods. The inscribed belt buckle contains the hieroglyphs forming his throne name, User-Maat-Re Setep-en-Re. The king would have had five names in total, this name and three others acquired when he assumed the throne, and Ramesses, his birth name. To his right, another figure was once placed, most likely a god or goddess.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.114' rel='external'>Figure of Ramesses II From a Group Statue</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Small stone sculptural figure of an enthroned/standing Egyptian royal male with a blue/stone-style nemes-style headdress and a youthful face, shown in the round with arms held close.

The image shows a small, weathered Egyptian sculpted figure photographed against a plain background. The figure has a tall, smooth headdress top (nemes-like but details are worn) and a formal, front-facing youthful royal visage with carved eyebrows and a slight smile. A broad collar or beaded/striped garment covers the chest; below, a pleated kilt or shendyt-like garment is carved with vertical ridges. The right side (viewer’s left/right is unclear due to angle) shows a hand raised toward the chest or holding an attribute; the left hand is also held close to the torso. A small raised element at the top of the headdress/forehead area may indicate additional royal regalia, but it is too worn to confirm. The surface is eroded with visible chips and losses, especially on the headdress edges and lower legs. No clear cartouche or legible royal titulary is visible at this resolution. No clear deity iconography beyond general royal styling is identifiable. No hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible in the photograph.

royal New Kingdom, Ramesside period (19th Dynasty), c. 13th century BCE (only broadly consistent with the catalogue attribution; exact dating uncertain from image alone) fragmentary
Deities unknown
Royals Ramesses II (catalogue attribution; not legible/confirmable in image)
Materials stone (likely Aswan granite or peridotite per catalogue; exact stone type not confirmable visually)

Connections

Deities RaMaat
Royals Ramesses II

Cross-references (2)

  • Walters-AccNum 22.114 tier-2
  • Walters-id 10112 tier-2
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