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| Keywords: Egyptian - Goddess and Ramesses II - Walters 42223 - Top.jpg This is a small statuette of Pharaoh Ramesses II and a goddess made of carnelian Both the goddesses Hathor and Isis are mentioned in the inscription on the back pillar The piece is inscribed in two columns of text on the back pillar and the cartouche of the Ramesses II inscribed under the base The two figures stand against a wide back pillar on a low base The goddess stands on the proper left with her arm around the shoulders of the king The right half of her face and her left foot have been broken away She wears a low modius crown tripartite wig and a sheath gown which is trimmed at the ankle and belted at the waist The top of the king's head is level with the top of the crown of the goddess He is depicted as a youth with a side lock and the index finger of his right hand raised to his lips He wears a pleated mid-calf length shendyt with a pendulous sash Both figures are adorned with a uraeus bracelets and armbands Although the face is quite small the typical smiling mouth of Ramesses II is visible ca 1279 1212 BC New Kingdom carnelian cm 4 2 2 15 0 51 ; Mount cm 0 53 3 23 1 83 accession number 42 223 7815 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Transcription rameses mery-amun; Translation Rameses Beloved of Amun; Translation Lord of the Two Lands User-maat-re Setep-en-re Beloved of the Great One of Magic an epithet of Isis Lord of the Diadems Rameses Mery-amun Beloved of Hathor place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian amulets in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
