Defeated enemy

This fragment depicts the head of an Asiatic, identifiable by his thin elongated head, and his short pointed beard. He was probably part of a group, consisting of the pharaoh standing in an heroic pose, threatening one or more foreigners with a mace while he holds them by their hair. This is a well-known iconographic theme of the New Kingdom, mostly found on temple pylons. Another example of this theme in sculpture is found, although of a lesser quality, on a statue of Ramesses IV of far inferior quality in the Cairo Museum (CG 42125).