1592996576000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-49037 1754071327033 1754045517000 1754071320563 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-49037 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/49037 86478b93-03de-394e-aca6-4f427ae81020 16 reference term-110791 adlib-term-110791 5e082318-d803-337d-935d-be89a185d5f1 funerary equipment Antiquities physical description Red granite sarcophagus lid of Ramesses III in the shape of a cartouche. In the centre of the lid is the king depicted as the god Osiris in mummy form. On his head he wears the Atef crown composed of ostrich feathers, a sun disk and a pair of ram's horns. Emerging from his forehead is a uraeus, the royal symbol of protection. The king also wears a long plaited beard, another divine symbol associated with the god Osiris, and a long wig with lappets. The king's arms are crossed over his chest and in his hands he holds the crook and flail. On either side are the standing figures of the goddesses Isis (Proper Left - PL) and Nephthys (Proper Right - PR). Much of Isis's figure is missing owing to a large break in the lid which extends from the back part of her head to the base (the break was probably caused by tomb robbers in antiquity). Nephthys stands on the hieroglyphic sign for gold 'nbw'. In between the depiction of Ramesses III and Isis and Nephthys are probably four snakes, two of which have female bodies and heads. These snake-women, who probably represent the goddesses Nekhbet and Wadjet, raise their hands in adoration of the dead king. Hieroglyphic text is inscribed around the lid's outer edge. Sarcophagus lid of Ramesses III E.1.1823 1 accession number E.1.1823 49037 priref 49037 oldadmincategory SS uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/49037 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/49037 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-159636 adlib-agent-159636 0aa6e0a1-7744-3fe0-aeb6-b30421a5f05e Belzoni, G. 1823 1823 1823 given reference term-111877 adlib-term-111877 0e479f3b-a9ad-3bbf-8a52-29991104ecf5 Thebes (Egypt) 1200 1200 -1200 reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown reference term-12502 adlib-term-12502 cd67ae1b-841b-3c31-b935-c056da921670 New Kingdom reference term-12497 adlib-term-12497 dabc1dde-7c4b-33c3-a667-7b6733b41fb4 19th Dynasty reference term-111877 adlib-term-111877 0e479f3b-a9ad-3bbf-8a52-29991104ecf5 literal Egypt Egypt country Tomb of Ramesses III (KV 11) Thebes (Egypt) reference term-40657 adlib-term-40657 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November 1817 – finds are shipped to Cairo 20 April 1818 – Henry Salt concedes a sarcophagus lid from the Valley of the Kings to Belzoni 27 January 1819 – Another shipment of finds from Luxor to Cairo and then Rosetta, including a sarcophagus lid May 1821 – shipped from Alexandria on the 'Dispatch' (Seti I’s alabaster coffin also on this ship) August 1821 – 'Dispatch' arrived in London Autumn 1821 – all objects moved into the courtyard of the British Museum March 1823 – Ramesses III's sarcophagus lid sent to Cambridge 31 March 1823 – lid arrives in Cambridge The link between Giovanni Belzoni and Cambridge is most probably The Reverend George Adam Browne who was associated with Trinity College. He was also a Freemason, like Belzoni. reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference publication-4057 adlib-publication-4057 44024425-f8ed-3689-8e6d-ae15219a045b Catalogue of the Egyptian collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge reference publication-200002354 adlib-publication-200002354 db011853-dbf4-3b58-b579-ab9d7414e33a Repairs for a Granite Tomb 407 reference publication-200002341 adlib-publication-200002341 31fdff57-013f-396f-accf-8804ba8db593 Egyptian Antiquities 187 reference publication-6448 adlib-publication-6448 db4afe3a-3b9e-34a3-8653-93776ebfd6a3 Treasures of the Fitzwillam Museum reference publication-4173 adlib-publication-4173 c4af2f7c-6ed4-3ee4-bcf4-b2d1210f26b5 Egyptian Art [1995] with plate 233 reference publication-4309 adlib-publication-4309 cdb1d820-3b93-3d45-b32c-945faa45b6d1 L'art Egyptien reference publication-4322 adlib-publication-4322 f74b02e5-42f4-345e-9b2d-8ca6b9ee1851 Le portrait royal dans le bas-relief du Nouvel Empire reference publication-200001435 adlib-publication-200001435 d7c5051b-4780-3225-98ff-59fc0e48121d Remarks upon the cover of the Granite Sarcophagus of Rameses III in the Fitzwilliam Museum 2nd edition 526 reference publication-4579 adlib-publication-4579 0c9a5982-4bba-341e-84d6-84b3124cde83 Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs and paintings. Vol.1, The Theban necropolis. Part 1, Private tombs reference publication-200001477 adlib-publication-200001477 5bc7b300-65e6-300b-be83-404d5d90fd9c Was the sarcophagus of Ramesses III begun for Sethos II? reference publication-6560 adlib-publication-6560 cbbe4bb4-02cc-3700-bc85-553aad687de0 Les sarcophages reference term-110795 adlib-term-110795 31a6a972-e606-3aa9-bfbe-207a6b1083db sarcophagus lid sarcophagus lid <value>Granite sarcophagus lid of Ramesses III</value> object OBJECT