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Material : Bronze
Width : 26 . 5 Height : 24
Found in : Tanis , Tomb of Psusennes I , Crypt of Psusennes I (1940)
Period : New Kingdom
Reign of : Ramsses II
Dynasty: XIX
Belonged_to: Ramsses II
Archeologist : Pierre Montet
The bronze brazier was found by the French archeologist Pierre Montet in 1940 among a great corpus of gold and silver objects belonging to various pharaohs of different eras inside the Tomb of Psusennes I in Tanis . This piece dates back to the Nineteenth Dynasty and belongs to the great pharaoh Ramesses II (1279-1212 BC) . Ramesses II was a very powerful and ambitious ruler who expanded Egypt’s empire a vast deal and constructed many temples all of which overshadow many of the others before him . He was known for his building structures and his plans of expansion . It was he who led the Battle of Kadesh (also Qadesh) which took place between the forces of the Egyptian Empire and the Hittite Empire under Muwatalli II .
Made for the Sed Feslivals , the brazier takes the shape of a square box supported by short legs . This ceremony was held every four years to celebrate the revered occasion of the renewal of King's royal power . One side of the item is decorated with cartouches bearing the royal names of the Pharaoh . The inscriptions continue to record King Ramesses II adorning gods Ra-Harakhti and Ptah- Tatenen .
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