EA1779 Statue of the ram of Amun The British Museum 2026-02-15 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.10.0 2026-06-15 18:07 UTC English Statue of the ram of Amun dem001-EA1779 c. 690-664 BCE (25th Dynasty) Granitic gneiss The British Museum

Record sourced from The British Museum via Sketchfab Open Access, February 2026. 3D model by Daniel Pett. Object ref: Y_EA1779.

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Granitic gneiss. Protects figure of Taharqo. Hieroglyphic inscription on base. 3D model: 1M triangles, 501.4k vertices. Created from 199 photographs (OnePlus3) using Agisoft Metashape.

Granitic gneiss sphinx of the ram of Amun protecting figure of Taharqo between folded front legs. The rectangular base has been partially restored and is inscribed with a continuous horizontal register of hieroglyphs. Classification: Statue/Sphinx. 3D model by The British Museum; photography and model creation by Daniel Pett.

Statue Statue Sphinx Ram Amun Taharqo Hieroglyphs Egyptian Nubian Egypt Sudan Africa

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CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International. Copyright: The Trustees of the British Museum. 3D model: Daniel Pett.