The statue shows the king offering pots of water or wine. Based on parallel statues, large parts have been restored in modern times, including the hands, posts, and knees. Cartouches enclosing Ramesses' birth and throne names appear on his shoulders, on the belt, and in the texts on the base and back-pillar. The back-pillar also mentions the supreme god Amun-Ra. The likeliest origin of the statue is the god's vast temple at Karnak, where Ramesses IV contributed to the decoration of the Great Hypostyle Hall. 20th Dynasty, reign of Ramesses IV, circa 1153-1147 BCE. Perhaps from Thebes, perhaps from Karnak, Egypt. (The British Museum, London).
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