The stylized bull's tail of kingship is attached to the back of his pleated kilt whose triangular apron has a point ending in a fox's head. His jewellery comprises broad collar, armlets and bracelets and his ear is pierced for an earring. He wears the royal 'nemes' wig cover with upreared cobra, emblem of royalty, on his brow and carries crook and flail, further emblems of kingship.
PAPYRUS SHEETS FULL
King Ramses III depicted in full regalia before the holy family of the ancient city of Memphis. In this frame we see the king in front of the triad of Memphis: Ptah, his consort Sekhmet, and Nefertum. The images are accompanied by hieroglyphic labels. Each of the three sections alternate with an illustration showing the king making offerings to the sacred families of Amun(-Ra), Ptah, and Ra(-Horakhty), the chief deities of these cult centres. The amounts were colossal: the list relating to Thebes alone includes 309,950 sacks of grain and large quantities of metals and semi-precious stones. The first three sections describe the donations made by King Ramesses III (1184-1153 BC) to the gods and temples of Thebes, Memphis, and Heliopolis. The papyrus is divided into five sections. The text is written in hieratic, a handwritten adaptation of hieroglyphs for the medium of ink and brush on papyrus. Curator's comments The Great Harris papyrus was originally one of the longest to survive from ancient Egypt: the full roll was forty-two meters long before it was divided into more manageable sections.
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