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Material : Granitic Rock
Width : 58 CM Height : 91 CM
Found in : Thebes , Temple of the Millions of Years of Merenptah (1896)
Period : The New Kingdom
Reign of : Merenptah
Dynasty: XVIII
Belonged_to: Merenptah
Excavation : W . m . f . Petrie
Merenptah was one of the sons of Ramses II and the successor of Ramsses III who ruled Egypt in the late 18th Dynasty . This bust depicts the king wearing a ribbed nemes with cobra on his forehead , a false beard , and a large necklace . The pharaoh facial features are portrayed in the Amarna style with narrow eyes and heavy eyelids and double eyebrows , thin nose , large ears , and a rather wide mouth . The shoulders of the pharaoh is decorated with cartouches of and hieroglyphic inscriptions for the royal names of Merenptah including: The Lord of the Two Lands , The sacred ram of Ra , beloved of Amun , and The Lord of Diadems .
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