Striding Statues of Ramesses III

Author(s): C. Zarnoch, E. Sullivan

Description: These two striding statues of Ramesses III portray the king in heroic glory, with a muscular body and slim waist. In both images, the king wears the nemes headdress with a “double crown” (mostly broken on the statue to the right). The bases of these works are inscribed with images of captive peoples, labeled with the names of lands the king claimed to have conquered.

Provenance: Fronting the first pylon of the Ramesses III Temple in the temple’s first court
Person: Ramesses III
Date: Dynasty 20, New Kingdom (1184-1153 BCE)
Material: Red sandstone
Functional Comments:
Dimensions: H: 6m
Current Location: In situ at Karnak Temple

Bibliography:

Legrain, G. (1929). Les temples de Karnak. Bruxelles, Vromant & Co. pp. 88.

Porter, B. and R. Moss (1929). Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs, and paintings: The Theban temples. Oxford, Clarendon Press. pp. 11.

Schwaller de Lubicz, R. A. (1999). The temples of Karnak. London, Thames & Hudson. pp. 546.