Head of a Colossal Statue of a King in the University of Pennsylvania Museum, November 2009

Head of a Colossal Statue of a King
Egypt
ca. 1250 BC, 19th Dynasty
Black granite (King's nose and cobra head restored)

# EJ 1348 (? difficult to read)

Quarry marks at the back of the shoulder indicate where this fragment was pried loose from a larger piece of stone. Possibly a portrait of Ramesses II.

Text from the U. Penn. Museum label.