Medinet Habu, temple of Ramesses III, chapel relief

Ramesses III

Side chapel, rear area of temple
Temple of Ramesses III (plan)
Medinet Habu, Egypt

Ramesses III wears the linen kilt (whose protrusion seems unavoidably phallic to me, although this is not often remarked upon). His cartouche (birth name), on the left, reads: Ra-mes-su heqa-iunu, "Born of Re, ruler of Heliopolis." For his throne name (photo upper right), see the following page.