The sovereign is represented in the praying position, standing, with both arms stretched out in front of him, hands laid flat on the apron of his kilt. On the belt is the name of Ramesses II, and on the left side of the back-pillar a carved figure of his queen, Nefertari. The statue originally depicted another pharaoh, and has been recarved to make it look more like the “official portrait” of Ramesses II. The surface around the corners of the mouth shows clear marks of recarving, as do the eyes and the forehead. However, the roundness of the face, the wide and thickset torso, the short apron, and the broadness of the lappets of the nemes headdress all point to an earlier date, probably in the first half of the 18th Dynasty.
