Editing Nectanebo II (section)

=== Portraits ===
[[File:God Horus Protecting King Nectanebo II MET DT559.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The [[greywacke]] statue of Horus protecting Nectanebo&nbsp;II]]

Except for the small-scale [[greywacke]] statue in the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], which shows Nectanebo II standing before the image of [[Horus]], no other annotated portraits of Nectanebo II are known.<ref name="Christies">{{cite web |title=An Egyptian Colossal Quartzite Head of the Pharaoh Nectanebo II |url=http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5078748 |access-date=March 5, 2011 |publisher=[[Christie's]]}}</ref> In the greywacke statue, Nectanebo II is shown in a ''[[nemes]]'' and ''[[uraeus]].'' His bent arm with the sword stands for the hieroglyph ''nakht'', the falcon represents Horus, while the hieroglyph in Nectanebo's right hand stands for ''heb''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The God Horus Protecting King Nectanebo II |url=http://www.davidrumsey.com/amica/amico1256763-105620.html |access-date=March 5, 2011 |publisher=David Rumsey Map Collection/AMICA Library}}</ref> Other portraits attributed to Nectanebo II (all featuring the ''[[khepresh]]'') include a [[quartzite]] head in the museum of the [[University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology]], a [[basalt]] head in [[Alexandria]], a [[granite]] head acquired by the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]] and a damaged quartzite head.<ref name="Christies" />