Head of a Sphinx
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Head of a Sphinx
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Published 2018-03-23T12:52:59+00:00
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Description
This head came from Italy and belonged to a sphinx with a lion's body and wings. It probably stood on a tumulus (a mound of stones or dirt over a grave), or at the entrance to the grave.
Technical Information
| Date published | 23/03/2018 |
| Complexity | Easy |
More Information
| Title | Head of a Sphinx |
| Date | Around 600 BC |
| Accession | Sk 1252 |
| Period | Ancient |
| Medium | Nenfro (tuff) |
| Record | http://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/altes-museum/home.html |
| Place | Altes Museum |
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