Sphinx of Agost
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Sphinx of Agost
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Published 2017-03-14T13:39:05+00:00
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This sphinx is represented with Graeco-oriental iconography. It probably crowned one of the oldest types of funerary monuemtns, the pillar stela. A mythical creature associated with the afterlife, it protected the grave and the deceaded on his or her final journey.
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Date published | 14/03/2017 |
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Title | Sphinx of Agost |
Date | Late 6th century BC |
Dimension | NA |
Period | Iberian Archaic period |
Medium | Limestone |
Artist | Unknown artist |
Place | National Archaeological Museum of Spain |
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