Ram from the Tirhaqa Temple, Kawa

Sudanese

Ashmolean Museum

688-663 BC

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.

• Medium: grey granite
• Dimensions: 79 cm
• ArtFunded in: 1931
• Presented by Sir J R Macdonald through The Art Fund

Provenance

Prof and Mrs LL Griffith.

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