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Horeau MSS 33.2
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Hector Horeau Watercolour - Beit el-Wali
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1 watercolour
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(1801-1872)
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Relief scene from the sanctuary of the rock temple at Beit el-Wali in Nubia, depicting the young king Ramesses II suckled by the god Anukis at (40) and including some lines of hieroglyphic text. On the bottom right side is a small plan of the temple space:
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- [on recto, top left] 'Beyt Oually, Le roi seigneur du monde soleil gardien de justice prenom de Rhamses II frere de Rhamses le grand'. (pencil note)
- [on recto, left side] 'mur en coupe'. (pencil note)
- [on recto, bottom left] 'Sur le parement O du plan le Roi Rhamses II (Sesostris) nourri par la déesse Anouké au 5e de l'exécution'. (pencil note)
- [on recto, top right] 'Beyt oually R.O. ta mere anouké dame de Abidos ? nom de ville'. (pencil note)
- [on mount, verso] 'Temple de Beyt Oually Peinture murale. Sésostris nourri par la déesse Anouké'. (ink note)
- 28.1 by 34 cm
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Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford.
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- Published in Horeau, H. 1841. Panorama d'Égypte et de Nubie: voyage fait en 1838. Reduction du grand ouvrage in 2° par Arosa & Co. Cairo (OEB 141685), figs. on p. 29 [top and bottom].
- Published online in 2010 on the Griffith Institute website: 'Watercolours of Egypt made by Hector Horeau in 1838, now in the Archive of the Griffith Institute' (http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4horeau_intro.html).
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- TopBib vii.21.
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