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Hauron Falcon Protecting Child Ramesses II

Semitic deity Hauron as a falcon protects the child Pharaoh Ramesses II (19th Dynasty). The pose is similar to statues of Horus with pharaoh, such as the Old Kingdom statue of Khafre with Horus, but in this case the falcon-god is Hauron. Painted cold-cast resin figurine is 3 inches tall. The statue includes a hieroglyphic rebus for "Ramesses": the sun disk is Ra, the child with finger in mouth is a sign for mes, and the plant the child is holding in his left hand is a sedge plant that is the hieroglyph for su and the symbol for the king of Lower Egypt. ra-mes-su (Ramesses is the Greek spelling).

The original of this statue is an eight foot tall monument of limestone and granite, found at Tanis and currently in the Cairo Museum. The inscription circling the base lists the names of Ramesses, naming him "Beloved of Hauron". The statue would have been installed initially in Per-Ramesses ("House of Ramesses"), a new capital city built by Ramesses II in the Nile delta to provide some separation from the powerful Amun priesthood in Thebes. Per-Ramesses was a busy trading center with a large foreign population who brought many of their foreign gods with them to Egypt. Hauron was a Syro-Palestinian god who became identified with Horus and particularly with "Horus in the Horizon", which was a name for the Sphinx.

Delta river channels change, and Per-Ramesses was built by one that silted up. In the 21st Dynasty the capital moved a short distance to Tanis, on a delta channel that was still navigable. Many buildings of Per-Ramesses were moved to Tanis stone by stone, apparently including the old monument to Ramesses II and Hauron.

Stuffe & Nonsense Egyptian figurines and collectibles are modern manufactured decorative objects, made in the style of ancient Egyptian artifacts.