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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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