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Colossal Statue of Ramesses II as a Boy, with a Falcon
JE 64735 Cairo Antiquity Museum
Material: Grey Granite
and Limestone (falcon's beak)
Size: Height: 231 cm
Location: Tanis
Excavation: P. Montet's Excavations of 1934
Period: 19th Dynasty, reign of Ramesses II (1290-1224
BC)
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This statue was found in the ruins of a mud brick
building at Tanis,
which was part of a cluster of structures not far from
the enclosure wall of the Great Temple of Amun.
This was probably a part of a workshop, for the beak was
found in an adjacent room. It was probably in the
workshop for repair, which was never completed.
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