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] (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