Colossal Statue of  Amenhotep III, reworked, reinscribed by Merneptah
Object type: Statue, seated king, Amenhotep III, Merneptah
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Amenhotep III
Date: ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
Medium: Porphyritic diorite
Dimensions: H. 245.1 cm (96 1/2  in)
W. of base 71.1 cm (28 in); d. 123.2 cm (48 1/2 in)
Weight 3674.1 kg (8100 lbs)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Luxor (el-Uqsur)
Locale: Temple of Amun
Locus: Eastern Portal
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, by exchange, 1922
Accession year: 1922
Tags: Kings|Hieroglyphs