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Oriental Institute archaeologists working at Thebes excavated this statue of King Tutankhamun. The king wears the double crown and the royal nemes head cloth; a protective cobra goddess (uraeus serpent) rears above his forehead. In his hands the king grasps scroll-like objects thought to be containers for the documents by which the gods affirmed the monarch's right to divine rule. The dagger at his waist has a falcon's head, symbol of the god Horus, who was believed to be manifested by the living pharaoh. The small feet at the king's left side were part of a statue of his wife, Ankhesenpaamun, whose figure was more nearly life-sized.

Cast of a “Kudurru”

Name: Colossal Statue of King Tutankhamun

Material: Quartzite, pigment

Size:
Height: 5.3 m (17 ft 4 in)
Base:
Length: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Width: 80 cm (2 ft 7 in)
Height: 60 cm (c. 2 ft)

Weight: ca. 5.44 metric tons (6 tons)

Date: ca. 1334 BC, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Tutankhamun,

Place of Origin: Luxor, Egypt, Medinet Habu, Temple of Aye and Horemheb

Location: Oriental Institute Museum, Chicago, Illinois

Source, Registration#, and Publication: Oriental Institute Museum, 14088.  Link to resource. (accessed May 7, 2010). Teeter, Emily, Treasures from the Collection of the Oriental Institute, The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2003. p. 52-54. Link to resource (accessed May 7, 2010).

Jennie Myers

Research Associate, University of Chicago