阿蒙神以公羊形象守护国王塔哈尔卡的花岗岩雕像

花岗岩片麻岩狮身人面像是阿蒙之羊的守护神，前腿折叠，中间是塔哈尔科的雕像;矩形底座已部分修复，上面刻有连续的水平象形文字。

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.

塔哈尔卡是努比亚二十五王朝(约公元前747-656年)的最后一位主要国王。他至少有一次从埃及逃到努比亚，以躲避由亚述巴尼拔国王(公元前 669-631 年在位)率领的亚述军队的进攻，亚述军队于公元前 663 年洗劫了底比斯。这座狮身人面像来自塔哈卡在努比亚卡瓦建造的一座寺庙。公羊是阿蒙神的神圣动物之一。这座雕像描绘了阿蒙保护塔哈卡国王，塔哈卡国王站在动物前腿之间、头部下方。寺庙的西边通道上有四个雕像砂岩底座。其中两件身上发现了公羊的雕像，其中一件现藏于大英博物馆，另一件现藏于喀土穆国家博物馆。其他阿蒙神庙，如卡纳克神庙，入口处有公羊或公羊头的狮身人面像。

Taharqa was the last major king of the Nubian Twenty-fifth Dynasty (about 747-656 BC). On at least one occasion he fled from Egypt into Nubia to escape the approach of the Assyrian armies who, led by King Ashurbanipal (reigned 669-631 BC), sacked Thebes in 663 BC. This sphinx came from a temple at Kawa in Nubia which Taharqa had built.The ram is one of the animals sacred to Amun. This statue depicts Amun protecting King Taharqa, who stands between the front legs and below the animal's head.Four sandstone bases for statues sit on the western approach to the temple. Figures of rams were discovered on two of them, one of which is in The British Museum and the other in the National Museum of Khartoum. Other temples of Amun, such as Karnak, have rams or ram-headed sphinxes at their entrances.

时期/文化

库什特;纳帕坦。公元前690年-公元前664年。

实际尺寸

高度：106.00cm(最大);长度：163.00cm(底座);宽度：63.00cm(底座)

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大英博物馆。