GARGOYLE/RAIN SPOUT

GARGOYLE/RAIN SPOUT

The head and forepaws of a lion carved onto a small sandstone plaque. The curve of the plaque indicates that it was mounted on a round basin, with pins drawn through the circular holes at each end. It was probably intended as a spout, the square hole between the paws providing a channel for the fluid. The piece comes from the temple of the lion-god Apedemak.

BEGRAWIYA

MEROITIC PERIOD

From Professor J. Garstang in 1947, from his excavations at Meroe 1909-1914.

Piotr Bienkowski and Angela Tooley, "Gifts of The Nile: Ancient Egyptian Arts and Crafts in the Liverpool Museum", 1995, 98; pl. 152.

Inventory number 47.48.512

LIVERPOOL MUSEUM

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