South wall, Lion Temple (Temple of Apedemak), Musawwarat es-Sufra, Sudan, North-east Africa
Apedemak appears as a supreme god of the Kushite kingdom shortly after the shift of the royal burial ground from the Napatan region to the south, to Meroe, in the early 3rd century BCE. His local origin is alluded to in the inscriptions at his temple at Musawwarat, where Apedemak is referred to as the Lord of Musawwarat and neighbouring Naqa. Here he holds his signum in front of him in his left hand, and his bow and arrows in his right hand.
South wall, Lion Temple (Temple of Apedemak), Musawwarat es-Sufra, Sudan, North-east Africa
Apedemak appears as a supreme god of the Kushite kingdom shortly after the shift of the royal burial ground from the Napatan region to the south, to Meroe, in the early 3rd century BCE. His local origin is alluded to in the inscriptions at his temple at Musawwarat, where Apedemak is referred to as the Lord of Musawwarat and neighbouring Naqa. Here he holds his signum in front of him in his left hand, and his bow and arrows in his right hand.