Artist's Sketch of Pharaoh Spearing a Lion, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 20, ca. 1186–1070 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV 62), debris near the entrance, Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1920, Limestone, ink, H. 14 cm (5 1/2 in.), W. 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in.), Th. 1.5 cm (9/16 in.), In this lively hunting scene, an unidentified Ramesside pharaoh is represented symbolically slaying the enemies of Egypt in the form of a lion. The hieratic text reads: 'The slaughter of every foreign land, the Pharaoh—may he live, prosper, and be healthy
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Artist, Sketch, Pharaoh Spearing, Lion, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 20, ca, 1186–1070 B.C, Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley, Kings, Tomb, Tutankhamun, KV 62, debris, entrance, Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1920, Limestone, ink, H, 14 cm, 5 1/2, W, 12.5, 4 15/16, Th, 1.5, 9/16, lively hunting scene, unidentified Ramesside, pharaoh, represented symbolically, slaying, enemies, form, lion, hieratic text, reads, slaughter, every foreign, land, Pharaoh—, live, prosper, healthy
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