Khnum, was depicted as a ram (male sheep) headed man. He was a god of the cataracts, a potter, and a creator god who guarded the source of the Nile. His sanctuary was on Elephantine Island but his best-preserved temple is at Esna. The “Famine Stele”, which is a carved stone tablet, contains appeals to Khnum during a famine caused by a low inundation of the Nile.