Column base with rams and a lion

unknown1-100 AD

Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto, Canada

Served as a decorated base for a wooden post of a light, tent-like structure or baldachin. The decoration depicts three rams, each representing a different form of god Amani (Amun), and a lion, a sacred animal of gods Apedemak and Mahes.

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Details

Title: Column base with rams and a lion
Creator: unknown
Date: 1-100 AD
Location: Building M 200, Meroe, Sudan (ancient Nubia)
Physical Dimensions: h36.8 x d8.9 cm
Provenance: Gift of Sir Robert Mond (University of Liverpool Excavations Committee for the Garstang Excavations at Meroe, Sudan, 1909-1913)
Type: Column base
Medium: Egyptian faience
Period: Meroitic period
Accession Number: 921.4.1

Additional Items

Reference Image - first alternate view of 921.4.1

Reference Image - second view of 921.4.1

Reference Image - third image of 921.4.1

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