egypt-museum: Ramesses IV offering wineA kneeling figure of Ramesses IV wearing the ‘nemes’ headdres
egypt-museum: Ramesses IV offering wineA kneeling figure of Ramesses IV wearing the ‘nemes’ headdress and ‘shendyt’ kilt. On his right shoulder is incised his prenomen, and his nomen is carved on his left shoulder. His prenomen is also incised in an oval in the center of the girdle of his kilt. The back pillar bears two columns of incised hieroglyphs giving the king’s names with epithets. Fragments of the king’s name and titles remain on the right and left sides of the base. At the top of the base there are the remains of inscriptions on the right and left sides. The front part of the statue including the front of the base, knees and hands of the figure are lost and have been restored in recent times with a ‘nw’-bowl in each hand. The rear of the base and the bottom of the back pillar have also been lost and recently restored. The nose and uraeus of the figure have been damaged. The surviving portion of the back pillar is worn in places. There are no traces of color.New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty, reign of Ramesses IV, ca. 1155-1149 BC. Now in the British Museum. EA1816 -- source link
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