statue
- Museum number
- EA1779
- Description
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Granitic gneiss sphinx of the ram of Amun protecting figure of Taharqo between folded front legs; the rectangular base, which has been partially restored, is inscribed with a continuous horizontal register of hieroglyphs.
- Production date
- 690BC-664BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 106 centimetres (max)
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Length: 163 centimetres (base)
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Width: 63 centimetres (base)
- $Inscriptions
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- Inscription subject
royal
- Curator's comments
- Published:
Mysliwiec, Royal Portraiture of the Dynasties XXI-XXX, 1988, pp. 33, 40.
Le Pharaon-Soleil, Paris, 1993, p.184 [Fig.[31]a].
Nicholson and Shaw, Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology (Cambridge 2000), p.34
- Location
- On display (G4/B9)
- Exhibition history
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2018-2019 12 Oct-13 March, Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, The gods of Egypt
- Condition
- fair (base partially restored)
- Acquisition date
- 1933
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA1779
- Registration number
- 1933,0610.1