Sphinx na Taharqo

**Sphinx na Taharqo** mutum-mutumi ne na dutse na gneiss na sphinx tare da fuskar Taharqo . Ya kasance sarki Nubian, wanda ya kasance daya daga cikin sarakunan Daular Masar ta 25 (kimanin 747-656 BC) na Masarautar Kush . Yanzu yana cikin Gidan Tarihin Burtaniya a London.

Duk da yake Sphinx na Taharqo ya fi karami (tsawon santimita 73) fiye da Babban Sphinx na Giza (tsawon mita 73), sananne ne ga shahararrun abubuwan Masar da Kushite. Zaki da aka nuna a cikin sphinx an yi shi ne a cikin salon Masar na gargajiya, yayin da fuskar Sphinx a bayyane yake na Taharqo. Hotunan da ke kan mutum-mutumi sun bayyana cewa hoto ne na babban Sarki Taharqo, Fir'auna na huɗu da ya mallaki masarautun Kush da Masar ta Dā a lokacin Tsakanin Na Uku. Sphinx an yi shi ne da yashi mai launin toka.

## Taharqo
Taharqo shine sarki na karshe na Nubian wanda ya mallaki Masar. Sarakunan Assuriya Esarhaddon da Ashurbanipal ne suka ci shi. Sarautarsa ta kasance daga 690 lokacin da ya gaji Shebitqo (ko Shabaka) har zuwa mutuwarsa a 664 KZ. Shi ɗan Piye ne da Abar kuma mahaifin 'yarsa, Amenirdis II. Taharqo na ɗaya daga cikin sarakunan Kush waɗanda suka mamaye Masar a matsayin Daular Goma sha biyar. Ya kasance mai mulki mai mahimmanci, ya fara zamanin zinariya ga sabon mulkinsa. Kodayake Taharqo ba dan asalin Masar ba ne, ya bauta wa allahn Masar Amun, ya gina pyramids da temples a cikin samfurin Masar, kuma ya sa jami'ansa su rubuta a cikin rubutun Masar.

## Hoton

Hoton shine Sphinx, wanda ke wakiltar ikon Fir'auna Taharqo na Masar da Kush, wanda aka nuna fuskarsa. Kayan kai yana ɗauke da uraei guda biyu, alamar sarauta ta Nubian, kuma sunan Taharqo ya bayyana a cikin cartouche a kirjin sphinx. Ana kiran mutum-mutumi "a masterpiece of Kushite art". 

An tono mutum-mutumi a Haikali T, a yankin gabashin yankin kudu maso gabashin Haikali na Amun a Kawa (yanzu Gematon), a Nubia (yanzu Sudan), yayin tonowa a can ta Ofishin Jakadancin Archaeological na Jami'ar Oxford a cikin shekarun 1930. Taharqo ya fara gina haikalin dutse a cikin 683 BC.

Hoton abu ne na Gidan Tarihi na Burtaniya "Highlight"  kuma an zaba shi a matsayin abu na ashirin da biyu a cikin jerin *[[Tarihin Duniya a cikin Abubuwa 100]]* da darektan Gidan Tarihin Burtaniya Neil MacGregor ya zaba kuma ya watsa shi a BBC Radio 4 a cikin 2010. 

## Dubi kuma

* Siffofin Amun a cikin siffar rago da ke kare Sarki Taharqa
* Sphinx na Memphis

## Karatu

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* Taylor, J.H. Masar da Nubia London: The British Museum Press, 1991
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