Basa (Sudan)
Basa - also Jabal Basa - is a village in Sudan . It is located 250 km northeast of Khartoum in the Butana Steppe , upstream of the Wadi Hawas, which flows into the Nile at Meroe .
Temple of Basa
Nearby is a now completely ruined temple, which was built under Amanichabale and was probably dedicated to the lion god Apedemak . The temple was excavated and measured in 1907.
In front of the temple were several overturned lion sculptures, each weighing about two tons. Of these, the six best-preserved ones were recovered in 1970 and placed in front of the entrance to the Sudan's National Museum . In addition, it was found during the rescue work at a nearby Hafir two two-foot high frog sculptures that you also took to Khartoum. You are now standing on the edge of the lake in the museum garden of the National Museum.
literature
- Friedrich W. Hinkel: Excerpt from Nubia . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1978.
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Coordinates: 16 ° 41 ′ 59.2 " N , 33 ° 59 ′ 0.3" E
