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Wall Applique of Apedemak

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About this object

Apedemak was a Nubian lion god worshipped by the Kushite people. He represented royal power and appears on temple walls attacking enemies and giving weapons to the king. This green glazed ceramic wall decoration inlay shows him on top of a crescent moon wearing an Egyptian 'hemhem' crown of ram horns, cobras and feathers. One of several plaques that decorated the lower course of a wall. The back of the object is crudely slipped. Broken and mended. From the 1912/13 excavation season findspot number 195-31(S)

Object specifics

  • Type
    Architecture
  • Culture
    Meroitic
  • Artist/Maker
  • Place made
    Africa: Northern Africa: Sudan: Meroë
  • Date made
    1st Century AD
  • Materials
    Egyptian Faience
  • Location
    World Museum, Level 3, Ancient Egypt Gallery
  • Acquisition
    Purchased from Professor John Garstang
  • Collector
    Liverpool University Institute of Archaeology
  • Place collected
    Africa: Northern Africa: Sudan: Meroë
  • Date collected
    1913
  • Measurements
    242 mm x 234 mm x 49 mm
  • Note
    Garstang Meroe Photo archive M123 (Garstang Museum of Archaeology, University of Liverpool).
  • Related people
    John Garstang ( Previous owner); Liverpool University Institute of Archaeology ( Collector, previous owner)

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    Bienkowski, Piotr; Tooley, Angela

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    Publisher: Her Majesty's Stationery Office
    Date: 1995
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    Author: Török, László
    Publisher: Egypt Exploration Society
    Date: 1997
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    Baud, Michel; Sackho-Autissier, Aminata; Labbé-Toutée

    Author: Baud, Michel; Sackho-Autissier, Aminata; Labbé-Toutée
    Publisher: Musée du Louvre
    Date: 2010
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  • Third Interim Report on the Excavations at Meroe in Ethiopia in Liverpool Annals of Archaeology & Anthropology 5, pp. 73-83

    Garstang, John

    Author: Garstang, John
    Publisher: Liverpool University Press
    Date: 1913
    Description:

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