**Statue of Sety II**  
A striking example of monumental sculpture, this colossus expresses the stability and strength of the king through its solid rendering of the musculature and its geometric volumes and contours. Sethi II is shown standing with his left leg forward to express his capability to walk and act. He holds a standard with a figure of the god Amon at the top. Along with a similar colossus now in the Louvre, this statue was originally located at the entrance of the chapel built by Sethi II in the large courtyard of the temple of Karnak.

**Inv. no. :**  
Cat. 1383

**Material:**  
Stone / Quartzite

**Dimensions:**  
113 cm x 516 cm x 165 cm

**Date:**  
1202–1198 BCE

**Period:**  
New Kingdom

**Dynasty:**  
Nineteenth Dynasty

**Reign:**  
Sety II

**Provenance:**  
Egypt, Luxor / Thebes, Karnak, Temple of Amun

**Acquisition:**  
Purchase Bernardino Drovetti, 1824**Museum** 

**Location:**  
Museum / Ground floor / Room 14

**Selected bibliography:**  
***Riflessi di pietra: l'antico Egitto illuminato da Dante Ferretti \[Torino 3 febbraio -30 giugno 2006\]***, Torino 2006, pp. 19–27, 82–87, 132.

Chabas, François-Chabas, François J., ***Rechèrches pour servir a l'histoire de la XIXe Dynastie et spécialement a celle des temps de l'Exode***, Paris 1873, pp. 85, 126.

Chadefaud, Catherine, ***Les statues porte-enseignes de l'Égypte ancienne (1580-1085 avant J.C.): signification et insertion dans le culte du ka royal***, Paris 1982, pp. 56–58

Connor, Simon, ***Le statue del Museo Egizio***, Torino - Modena 2016, p. 48, 80–81.

Curto, Silvio, “Per un computo ponderale di alcuni manufatti litici egizi”, ***Atti della Accademia delle scienze di Torino: Tomo 2, Classe di scienze morali, storiche e filologiche*** 114 (1980), p. 167 sgg..

Curto, Silvio, “Il torinese colosso di Osimandia”, ***Bollettino della Società Piemontese di Archeologia e Belle Arti*** 18 (1964), pp. 5–26, figg. 1-6.

Davies, Benedict G., ***Ramesside inscriptions, translated and annotated: notes and comments, volume IV. Merenptah and the late Nineteenth Dynasty***, Chichester 2014, p. 230.

Donadoni, Anna Maria (a cura di), ***Passato e futuro del Museo Egizio di Torino: dal museo al museo*** (Archivi di archeologia), Torino 1989, p. 137–141.

Donadoni, Sergio, ***Arte egizia*** (Piccoli saggi 369), Torino, p. 101, fig. 146.

Kitchen, Kenneth A., ***Ramesside Inscriptions: historical and biographical: vol. 4.***, Oxford 1982, p. 268.

Kitchen, Kenneth A., ***Ramesside inscriptions translated and annotated. (A) translations 4.: Merenptah and the late Nineteenth Dynasty***, Oxford 2003, p. 191.

Orcurti, Pier Camillo, ***Catalogo illustrato dei monumenti egizi del R. Museo Egizio di Torino***, Torino 1855, I, p. 62.

Orcurti, Pier Camillo, ***Catalogo illustrato dei Monumenti Egizi del R. Museo di Torino***, Torino 1852, p. 62.

Vandier, Jacques, ***Manuel d'archéologie égyptienne***, Paris, III, p. 399, 407, 409, 412, 420 sgg..

Vidua, Carlo, “Catalogue de la collect. d'antiq. de mons. le chev. Drovetti, a 1822”, in Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione (a cura di), ***Documenti inediti per servire alla storia dei Musei d'Italia***, vol. 3, Firenze - Roma 1880, p. 287, n. 53.

Title:  
Statue of Sety II, 1202–1198 BCE New Kingdom Nineteenth Dynasty Sety II, Egypt: Luxor / Thebes, Karnak, Temple of Amun,  Quartzite, Museo Egizio di Torino

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Statue of Sety II, 1202–1198 BCE New Kingdom Nineteenth Dynasty Sety II, Egypt: Luxor / Thebes, Karnak, Temple of Amun, Quartzite, Museo Egizio di Torino