Ram from the Tirhaqa Temple, Kawa
Artist: Sudanese
Location: Ashmolean Museum
Date: 688-663 BC
Materials: grey granite
Dimensions: 79 cm
Gift:
Review number: 795 (1931)
Provenance:
Prof and Mrs LL Griffith.
Description:
Couchant ram from the Tirhaqa Temple at Kawa, Dongola Province, Sudan (Oxford excavations 1930-1). The ram, with horns and disk on its head is the embodiment of Amen-re. On a flat plinth with forelegs doubled back. Beneath the chin, stands Tirhaka. There is a socket for a gilded bronze sundisk on the top of the head. Hieroglyphic inscriptions give the names and titles of the king.
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