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5 Pounds Temple of Ramesseum
| Issuer | Egypt |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#787, MHC#1881 |
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| Reverse description | A detailed high-relief depiction of the ruins of the Ramesseum, the mortuary temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II located on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor. The composition shows the partially collapsed hypostyle hall with massive stone columns and deteriorating ashlar walls bearing faint traces of bas-relief carvings. Fallen masonry and debris are rendered at the base of the structure, conveying the monument's ancient and ruined state. The scene is set against a plain, deeply mirrored field, and the design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued as part of Egypt's ongoing archaeological monuments series, this piece commemorates the mortuary temple of Ramesses II on the west bank at Luxor — a structure the ancient Egyptians called the "House of Millions of Years." The temple was never fully completed during Ramesses' reign and sustained considerable damage in antiquity, including the collapse of the second pylon, which Shelley's 1818 sonnet "Ozymandias" is often — though somewhat loosely — credited with drawing from.