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ID: 700002934
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002934
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Ozymandias Colossus (colossus; unknown Ancient Egyptian (sculptors); 13th century BCE; Thebes (Qinā, Miṣr, Africa, World, Top of the TGN hier...; )
Note: Located in the Ramasseum in the Theban necropolis, the colossus is a fallen statue of Ramses II. It was the inspiration for Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem "Ozymandius," which as a term was a corruption of Ramses' name.
Titles:
Ozymandias Colossus (preferred,C,U,English,,)
Fallen Colossus of Rameses II (C,U,English,,)
Fallen Colossus of Rameses (C,U,English,,)
Colossus of Rameses (C,U,English,,)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
colossus [300047453] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by subject type>, statues)

Classifications:
sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 13th century BCE

Creator Display:
unknown Ancient Egyptian (sculptors) [preferred,VP]
sculptors unknown Ancient Egyptian (Ancient Egyptian cultural designation) [500202838]
Locations:
Current: Thebes [7001297] Qinā (governorate), Egypt (nation), Africa (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Address Note: 25°43′40″N 32°36′38″E
Display Materials: stone
stone (worked rock) [300011176]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), <rock by form>)

Dimensions: unavailable
Cultures:
Ancient Egyptian (preferred)

General Subject:
human figures (preferred)
portraits

Specific Subjects:
Ramses II (Egyptian king, active 13th century BCE) [500372574]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures
Sources and Contributors:
Ozymandias Colossus........ [JPGM,VP]
........ Getty Museum, Authority file (2003-)
Fallen Colossus of Rameses II........ [VP]
........ Bard, Archaeology of Ancient Egypt (2007) 261
Fallen Colossus of Rameses........ [VP]
........ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-)
Colossus of Rameses........ [VP]
........ Library of Congress (2016-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
....................... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Ramesseum"; accessed 8 June 2016
....................... Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003-) accessed 8 June 2016
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 8 June 2016
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