Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Reclining Sphinx Egypt

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 08.480.51. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 08.480.51
Find spot: Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Ptolemaic Period to Early Roman Period
Date: 332–ca. 31 B.C.E.
Date range: 31 BCE – 31 BCE
Materials: ['Bronze']
Height: 11.5 cm
Width: 1.9 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Reclining Sphinx (08.480.51). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/18180

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Catalogue description: Culture Graeco-Egyptian Caption: Graeco-Egyptian. Reclining Sphinx, 332–ca. 31 B.C.E.. Bronze, 4 1/2 x 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (11.5 x 1.9 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.51. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Materials Dark Metal

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BKM-Accession 08.480.51 tier-2
BKM-Object 19119 tier-2

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