Furniture Element in Form of a Lion Seated on a Base Inscribed for King Aspelta
- Medium: Wood
- Dates: ca. 690-664 B.C.E.
- Dynasty: XXV Dynasty
- Period: Third Intermediate Period
- Dimensions: 13 7/8in. (35.3cm) Base: 5 1/2 x 3 9/16in. (14 x 9cm)
- Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor - Accession Number: 37.42E
- Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Image: Overall, 37.42E_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
The bau of Buto were other-than-human powers believed to reside in that ancient and sacred northern Egyptian city; they were usually associated with bau of the sacred southern city of Hierakonpolis. Images of them in the round normally have the pose of this figure, a three-dimensional hieroglyphic writing of the verb "to praise" or "to acclaim." They were used to adorn cult objects, on which they served to praise the deity of the cult.
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