Group of Ramesses II and Hathor.

Group of Ramesses II and Hathor.

This fragmentary statue comes from the excavations of W. F. Petrie at Serabit el-Khadim and was found at the entrance of the temple of Hathor, "Mistress of Turquoise". It figures the king Ramesses II who holds the <A HREF="God">goddess</A> Hathor by the hand. The back of the statue carries an inscription of four columns of hieroglyphs formulating the wish that the king realises "a million sed-festivals" (jubilees).

SARABIT EL-KHADIM

NEW KINGDOM: 19TH DYNASTY: RAMESSES II/USERMAATRE-SETEPENRE

KMKG - MRAH

Inventory number E.5012

L. Speleers, Recueil des inscriptions égyptiennes des Musées Royaux du Cinquantenaire à Bruxelles, Bruxelles 1923, 65 nº 271

Porter and Moss, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings VII 357

B. van de Walle, La publication des textes des Musées: Bruxelles (Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire) dans Textes et languages de l'Égypte pharaonique. Hommage à Jean-François Champollion, Le Caire 1974, 175

F. Lefebvre et B. Van Rinsveld, L'Égypte. Des Pharaons aux Coptes, Bruxelles 1990, 126

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