The fragment is the base of a statue of a kneeling figure, inscribed for queen Nefertari, the Great Royal Wife, or principal queen, of Ramesses II (the Great). There is an inscription around the base and along the back pillar giving cartouches for Queen Nefertari. A pair of feet are preserved from the figure above, possibly Bes, or another kneeling figure.

Nefertari was the Great Royal Wife, or principal queen, of Ramesses II (the Great). Her importance to the king is evident in the monuments he created to honour her. At Abu Simbel, the Ramesses constructed a small rock-cut temple for her next to his own and, for her burial, he commissioned a beautifully painted tomb in what is now called the Valley of the Queens.

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