Apedemak
Apedemak is the husband of Amesemi, appearing alongside her in the Lion Temple of Musawwarat es Sufra. Amesemi is found in the Great Enclosure, following and touching her husband's shoulder.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 300 BCE
- Attested period
- -300 – 300
- Historical notes
- Husband of Amesemi.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Arensnuphis, Mandulis, Mehit, Menhit, Sebiumeker, Sekhmet, Magec, uMvelinqangi, Dedun, Ani, Ash, Harpocrates, Abu, Heka, Apophis, Andjety, Aqen, Duamutef, Bata, Hu, Akhty, Hermanubis, Aati, Duau, Aani, Hermes Trismegistus, Hapy, Gengen-Wer, Hery-maat, Banebdjedet, Harsomtus, Amu-Aa, Apesh, Am-heh, Buchis, Ba-Pef, Babi, Ha, Hemen, Hauron, Henkhisesui, Heryshaf, Aa, Abtu, Aby, Amenhotep, son of Hapu, An-a-f, An-hetep-f, Astennu, Ba, Denwen, Djebuty, Djedefhor, Djefa, Dionysus-Osiris, Dunanwi, Fetket, Hapi-Wet, Har-em-akhet, Heneb, Heqaib, Heru-Khu, Hery-sha-duat, Hez-Ur, Hraf-haf, Kianda, Musisi, Owuo, Ngai, Ogboinba, Wulbari, Ajok, Adroa, Adroanzi, Nyasaye, Were Khakaba, Zombi, Neiterkob, Kabundungulu, Kalunga-Ngombé, Kimanaueze, Kishi, Sudika-Mbambi, Amon, Apep, iNyanga, Ukhulukhulwana, Fá, Baal
- consort of
- Amesemi
Mentioned by
- Kianda
- Musisi
- Owuo
- Ngai
- Ogboinba
- Wulbari
- Ajok
- Adroa
- Adroanzi
- Nyasaye
- Were Khakaba
- Zombi
- Neiterkob
- Kabundungulu
- Kalunga-Ngombé
- Kimanaueze
and 12 more
Sources
Source passages
“Apedemak”
#2686 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In Musawwarat es Sufra, where she is mentioned six times in the Lion Temple. In these images, she is beside her husband Apedemak. On the exterior north wall, she is seen wearing a dress that is different from later illustration of her as her appearance was not yet standardised. Amesemi is also found in the Great Enclosure, following and touching her husband's shoulder.”
#10770 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Along the side of a wall, Apedemak appears depicted as a three-headed leonine god with four arms. It may be that the artist decided to show Apedemak turning his head to three different subjects: the king on the left, the viewer in the center, and the queen to the right.”
#11546 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“indeed there is some evidence that he may have been identical with the lion-god Apedemak worshipped in Nubia and Egypt's Western Desert. Maahes was considered the son of Ra with the feline goddess Bastet, or of another feline goddess, Sekhmet.”
#11898 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Apedemak, the Meroitic god of war and sometimes depicted as the god the Sun”
#15416 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5