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Limestone Sphinx: E.11.1971

Object information

Current Location: Exhibition: Exhibition: Made in Ancient Egypt, 3 October 2025 – 12 April 2026 (Adeane Gallery)

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Limestone Sphinx

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Description

Carved recumbent sphinx, on top of a thin rectangular base. The original head is missing, and the head has been restored. This manner of sphinx bears parallels to other attestations in the Ptolemaic Period. A similar example can be seen in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation (NMEC), excavated at Kom Ombo. Likely part of an avenue of sphinxes that led to the Serapeum Temple, North Saqqara.

Sphinx, recumbent, original head missing (head restored)

Legal notes

Given by the Egypt Exploration Society, 1971

Measurements and weight

Depth: 44.6 cm
Length: 25 cm
Width: 14 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1971) by Egypt Exploration Society

Dating

Late Period-Ptolemaic
-0400 - -0201

Project

  • Egypt

Materials used in production

Limestone

Techniques used in production

Carved

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Identification numbers

Accession number: E.11.1971
Primary reference Number: 63013
Oldadmincategory: SU
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 25 September 2025 Last processed: Thursday 25 September 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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