Egyptian Terracotta Mould with Impression of the Cartouche of Pharaoh Ramesses II

NEW KINGDOM, 19TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1237-1235 B.C.

1 3/4 in. (27.4 grams, 46 mm).

Oblate type with an impressed cartouche recording the sixth Heb-Sed (jubilee) of Ramesses II. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired 7th February 1962.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.85.

Literature

Cf. Brand, P.J., Ramesses II, Egypt’s Ultimate Pharaoh, Columbus, GA, 2023, pp.351-354, for a discussion of Ramesses II's early Heb-Sed festivals.

Footnotes

By the time of Ramesses II, the royal Heb-Sed festival was already about two thousand years old. He celebrated his first Heb-Sed in his 30th year and his sixth in his 45th year.

CONDITION

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