Tile with Winged Crowned Female Sphinx

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A small faience decorative tile fragment showing a lion-like winged sphinx figure in outline, with a crown-like head element, rendered in light-colored pigment on a blue ground.

The object is a roughly square, thick tile with chipped edges, viewed against a neutral background. The central design is a winged sphinx or composite creature in profile facing right, outlined in a lighter color with internal patterning that has mostly faded. The head appears crowned (a crest/upper element is suggested though details are damaged). The wings extend from the creature’s back, indicated by layered curved strokes. The blue/turquoise ground remains visible around and within the motif, while much of the lighter paint has flaked or abraded, and there are losses especially toward the right upper and lower edges. No readable hieroglyphic text, cartouches, or letters are visible in the available image.