Cube Statue of Ruyu

New Kingdom, Eighteenth Dynasty, 1400 B.C.

Limestone: From Aniba, Tomb S 66, subsidiary shaft

Ernst von Sieglin Expedition 1912

At the beginning of the New Kingdom, the Nubian Nile Valley as far south as Gebel Barkal fell under Egyptian control. Residing in Lower Nubia at Aniba a viceroy "King's Son of Kush", administered the region. According to its hieroglyphic text, this cuboid limestone image depicts the "representation of the King's Son," Ruyu.

From the book Sudan: Ancient Kingdoms of the Nile, Dietrich Wildung, 1997, p. 128-129