Head and shoulders from a colossus of Ramesses II
1279–1213 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
FindspotBubastis, Egypt
Object Place for LabelBubastis, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueGranite
DimensionsOverall: 137 x 100.3 cm, 2041.2 kg, 82.6 cm (53 15/16 x 39 1/2 in., 4500 lb., 32 1/2 in.)
Mount: 152.4 x 82.9 cm (60 x 32 5/8 in.)
Block (wooden skirt (4-sides+2 top half-decks)): 163.2 x 103.5 cm (64 1/4 x 40 3/4 in.)
Mount: 152.4 x 82.9 cm (60 x 32 5/8 in.)
Block (wooden skirt (4-sides+2 top half-decks)): 163.2 x 103.5 cm (64 1/4 x 40 3/4 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number89.558
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Bubastis, great temple of Bastet. 1887–88: excavated by Edouard Naville for the Egypt Exploration Fund; awarded to the Egypt Exploration Fund by the government of Egypt; April 12, 1888, presented to the MFA at the Sixth Annual General Meeting of the Egypt Exploration Fund, through the Reverend W. C. Winslow. (Accession date: April 12, 1889)
2649–2152 B.C.
1352–1336 B.C.
1550–1295 B.C.
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1349–1336 B.C.
1295–1186 B.C.
1550–343 B.C.
