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Fragment of a Statue of meritamun
JE 31413 (CG 600) Cairo Antiquities Museum
Material: Limestone
Size: Height: 75 cm
Location: Ramesseum, Temple of the Queen
Excavation: W.M.F. Petrie's Excavations of 1896
Period: 19th Dynasty, Reign of Ramesses II (1290-1224 BC)
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Meritamun
was both the daughter, and sometimes after the death of Nefertari,
her mother, became the Great Royal Wife of her father, Ramesses
II (the Great). The painted decorations of this
statue fragment is still well preserved. Her smile, in
particular, is similar to that on a number of statues of
Ramesses II. On top of her head, she wears a circular
diadem, its base adorned all the way around with a
frieze of uraei with solar disks.
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Photographer: Unknown
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