Figure of a king as part of a group proffered by an official of Ramesses II

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This fragment was originally part of a votive statue representing an official of Ramesses II. The official, most of whose figure is not preserved, was shown kneeling to dedicate a shrine surmounted by the ram's head of the god Amun and fronted by a small standing image of the king. The surviving portion includes the upper part of the shrine proper, its sides decorated in raised relief with the names of Ramesses II; the small statue of the king himself; and fragments of the donor's outstretched hands (visible on either side of the shrine). One of Ramesses II's epithets on the shrine is "beloved of Amun who favors the West," which is mostly known from Deir el-Medina, suggesting this statue probably originated there as well.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.

Metropolitan Museum of Art