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This fragment of a stela shows King Seti I followed by his son Ramesses, later Ramesses II or “Ramesses the Great” (left), and two high officials (right). The King wears traditional royal clothing and carries scepters of kingship. His son stands behind him dressed as a prince and wearing his hair in the sidelock that is characteristic of youth in ancient Egypt. The two high officials are dressed in fashionable elite costumes and are shown at the same scale as the royalty, suggesting, perhaps, that the stela was made in the name of one or both of these men.

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Name: Seti I and His Son, the Future Ramesses II, the Great

Material: Limestone

Size:
Height: 39 cm (15.375 inches)
Width: 50.1 cm (20 in)
Diameter: 5 cm (2 in) 

Date: c. 1291-1279 BCE,
New Kingdom, Dynasty 19, Reign of Seti I

Place of Origin: Purchased in Cairo, Egypt

Location: Oriental Institute Museum, Chicago, Illinois

Source, Registration#, and Publication:  Oriental Institute Museum, 10507.  Teeter, Emily, Treasures from the Collection of the Oriental Institute, Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2003. p. 56

Janet H. Johnson

Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor of Egyptology