IDENTIFIERS
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id:	63013
accession number:	E.11.1971

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Friday 7 March 2025

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Sphinx, recumbent, original head missing (head restored)
object type: 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.
title:	statuette

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Antiquities

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/63013





TECHNIQUES
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carved

CATEGORIES
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category: figure

DATING
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creation date:	400 - 201
creation date earliest:	400
creation date latest:	201
culture:	Late Period-Ptolemaic


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 44.6

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 25

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 14



CITATIONS
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[Unknown: CEN April 6 1971]
[Unknown: JEA 56 (1970)]
Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs and paintings. Vol.3, Memphis : Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr
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