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 de publication | 14/03/2017 |
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| Titre | Sphinx of Agost |
| Date | Late 6th century BC |
| Dimension | NA |
| Période | Iberian Archaic period |
| Medium | Limestone |
| Artiste | Unknown artist |
| Localisation | National Archaeological Museum of Spain |
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