Sphinx
Artist
Unknown
CultureEgyptian
DateLate Period, 664-650 B.C.
MediumLimestone
DimensionsOverall: 5 7/8 x 6 in. (14.9 x 15.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. Richard L. LePere
Object number81.172
Collections
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.
Unknown
Late Dynasty 5-early Dynasty 6, reigns of Unas or Pepy I, 2375-2287 B.C.E.
