Ramesseum, Cartouches of Ramesses II

Item Overview

Title

Ramesseum, Cartouches of Ramesses II

Photographer

Spieser, Cathie, 1965-

Collection

UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (UEE)

Notes

Description

Horizontal
Engraved Relief
Article: Cartouche

Caption

Figure 8. Cartouches of Ramesses II protected by Horus Behdety. Ramesseum. Such depictions are common in the New Kingdom.

Physical Description

Medium

Limestone

Keywords

Genre

Relief
Column/Pillar

Subject Geographic

Thebes West
Ramesseum

Subject Temporal

Ramesside Period
New Kingdom
Reign of Ramesses II
19th Dynasty

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Cartouche
The State and its Institutions
Monarchy
Royal Titulary
Individual and Society