Title: Colossal Statue of  Amenhotep III, reworked, reinscribed by Merneptah
Object type: Statue, seated king, Amenhotep III, Merneptah
Date: ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Amenhotep III
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)
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, by exchange, 1922
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Luxor (el-Uqsur) Temple of Amun Eastern Portal  
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Kings, term: Hieroglyphs