File:Red granite figure of a lion from Gebel Barkal.jpg

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Red granite figure of a lion from Gebel Barkal, the Sudan   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Red granite figure of a lion from Gebel Barkal, the Sudan
Object type sculpture
object_type QS:P31,Q860861
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First set up befora the temple of Amenophis III at Soleb this lion was transported with its companion, EA 2, to Gebel Barkal by the Meroitic ruler, Amanislo, in the third century BC. The names of the oiriginal owner are insribed on the pedestal and those of the usurper on the lion's chest.
Date 18. dynasty, about 1400 BC
institution QS:P195,Q6373
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EA 1
Object history Gift of Lord Prudhoe, 1835
Source/Photographer Own work, Photo by Szilas in the British Museum, 2010-07-30

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