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Statue of Ramesses II as a child and the god Hauron

This statue represents Ramesses II as a child, sitting in front of the Canaanite sun god Hauron, who is in the shape of a hawk. Ramesses is presented in the typical manner for an Egyptian child: naked, his finger to his mouth, with a large side-lock of youth hanging from the right side of his head.

He also has a uraeus at his forehead, and a sun-disc above his head. He holds the sw-plant in his left hand. It has been argued that the statue can be read to spell out the name of the king: the sun-disc represents Ra, the child is mes, and the sw plant is the final element Ra-mes-sw. The limestone face of the hawk was found in a separate location from the rest of the piece.

Grey granite and limestone (falcon’s beak). Pierre Montet’s excavations of 1934. New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279-1213 BC. From Tanis. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 46735