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| Keywords: Egyptian - FIgure of Ramesses II From a Group Statue - Walters 22114 - Back.jpg 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 ca 1250 BC New Kingdom Aswan granite or peridotite cm 44 5 14 9 5 ; H including base cm 53 5 accession number 22 114 10112 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1925 place of origin Upper Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian statuettes in the Walters Art Museum Statues of Ramses II Cartouches of Ramses II | ||||
