Sphinx of Taharqo
Sphinx of Taharqo | |
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Material | granite gneiss |
Created | 680BC (circa) |
Discovered | Northern Dongola Reach |
Present location | G65/10, British Museum, London |
Identification | EA 1770 Reg number:1932,0611.1 |
The Sphinx of Taharqo is a granite gneiss statue of a sphinx with the face of Taharqo. He was a Nubian king, who was one of the 25th Egyptian Dynasty (about 747–656 BC) rulers of the Kingdom of Kush. It is now in the British Museum in London.[1]
While the Sphinx of Taharqo is significantly smaller (73 centimeters long) than the
Taharqo
Taharqo was the last Nubian king who ruled over Egypt. He was defeated by the Assyrian kings
The statue
The statue is a
The statue was excavated at Temple T, in the area east of the south-eastern part of the Temple of
The statue is a British Museum "Highlight" object[1] and was selected as the twenty-second object in the series A History of the World in 100 Objects selected by British Museum director Neil MacGregor and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.[5]
See also
Reading
- Caygill, M. The British Museum A-Z Companion London: The British Museum Press, 1999
- Hochfield, S. and Riefstahl, E. (eds.) Africa in Antiquity Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Museum, 1978, pp. 50–51, 168
- James, T.G.H. and Davies, W.V. Egyptian sculpture London: The British Museum Press, 1983
- Laming Macadam, M.F. The Temples of Kawa Oxford: 1949 (vol. I), 1955 (vol. II)
- Mysliwiec, Karol Royal Portraiture of the Dynasties XXI-XXX 1988: pp. 33, 40
- Nicholson and Shaw, Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology Cambridge, 2000, p. 34
- Phillips, T. (ed.), Africa London, 1995, p. 49 [fig. 5)
- Strudwick, N. Masterpieces of Ancient Egypt London, 2006, pp. 262–3.
- Taylor, J.H. Egypt and Nubia London: The British Museum Press, 1991
- Welsby, D. A. The Kingdom of Kush. The Napatan and Meroitic Empires London: The British Museum Press, 1996
References
- ^ a b "Sphinx of Taharqo". British Museum. Archived from the original on 2011-12-03. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
- ^ a b "BBC - A History of the World - About: Transcripts - Episode 22 - Sphinx of Taharqo". Retrieved 2015-09-28.
- ^ a b "Taharqo - Livius". www.livius.org. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
- ^ "Sphinx of Taharqo". British Museum. Archived from the original on 2011-12-03. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
- ^ a b "A History of the World - Object : Sphinx of Taharqo". BBC. 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
External links
- British Museum page on the statue
- More detailed British Museum page
- BBC Radio 4's A History of the World in 100 Objects page on Taharqo's Sphinx