Amesemi

Lion temple of Naqa: Amesemi (second from the right) with sun-crowned double falcons on their heads

Stele with Amanishakheto, Amesemi and Apedemak (from left to right)

Amesemi is a Nubian goddess.

Amesemi was portrayed as a woman who, as an iconographic mark, wears double falcons crowned by a sun disk on her head. She is the companion of the lion god Apedemak .

On the side wall of the lion temple in Naqa she is shown together with Isis , Mut , Hathor and Satet . Compared to the goddesses of ancient Egyptian origin, she is shown much more corpulent, which is typical for the representation of women in the kingdom of Meroe .

Steles that have been recently found in temple of Amun at Naqa, they show along with Candace Amanishakheto . The name of this goddess, who had been known from pictures for a long time, was only found by writing on these steles.

literature

• Dietrich Wildung , Karla Kroeper: Naga - Royal City of Ancient Sudan . State Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-88609-558-4 .
• László Török ; Hellenizing Art in Ancient Nubia 300 BC-AD 250 and its Egyptian Models. A Study in Acculturation (2011); ISBN 978-90-04-21129-2 .

Web links and sources

• Brief overview with picture at www.dignubia.org (English)
• Text and pictures about the Kandake Amanishakheto and the goddess Amesemi (English)