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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Sphinx
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Sphinx

Artist Unknown
DateLate Period, 664-650 B.C.
MediumLimestone
DimensionsOverall: 5 7/8 x 6 in. (14.9 x 15.2 cm)
ClassificationsEgyptian
Credit LineGift of Mr. Richard L. LePere
Object number81.172
Terms
  • Sphinx
  • Religion
  • White
Collections
On View
Not on view
DescriptionFront part of a ram-headed sphinx: the legs and body of a crouching lion, with the head of a bearded ram and long human hair falling on upon the chest. Some holes are drilled in the stone: one in the base between the legs, communicating with a gutter running under the base toward its front; another against the right leg; and a third large blind one on the back, in the middle of the slice of the body.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Sphinx
Unknown
Dynasty 12 (ca. 1985-1773 B.C.) or early Dynasty 18 (ca. 1550-1425 B.C.)
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Wall fragment
Unknown
Ptolemaic Period, 170-116 B.C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Tomb Lintel of Ihii
Unknown
Late Dynasty 5-early Dynasty 6, reigns of Unas or Pepy I, 2375-2287 B.C.E.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Crouching Sphinx
Unknown
ca. 600 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Thoth, God Of Wisdom, Learning & Scribes
Unknown
Late Period, ca. 730-333 B.C.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Anthropoid Coffin
Unknown
Roman Period, 30 B.C.E.-395 C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Anthropoid Coffin
Unknown
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-395 A.D.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Anthropoid Coffin
Unknown
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-395 A.D.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Small Tomb Sculpture in the Form of a Seated Dog
Unknown
8th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Crocodile
Unknown
Ptolemaic Period, 199 - 99 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Two-Headed Horse Figurine
Unknown
8th century BC-7th century BC
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett. Sized and color-correc…
Side Chair
John and Hugh Finlay
1820-30
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