Sphinx
Description
<p>This statuette of a sphinx wears the double-crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, the nemes headdress and uraeus.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.550' rel='external'>Sphinx</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
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.
Bronze Egyptian sphinx figure seated on a rectangular base, shown in side view with its head crowned and facing right.
The image depicts a seated sphinx rendered in dark, polished bronze with a weathered surface. The sphinx has a stylized human-like face with closed or downcast eyes, a broad striped or pleated neck/torso, and a false beard/collar element below the chin. The head wears a tall, rounded crown or helmet-like headpiece; the crown shape appears simplified and worn but is clearly distinct from the body. The front paws rest forward on a rectangular base; the base includes engraved or incised decoration on the right side that is not legible as specific hieroglyphs from this image resolution. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No clearly identifiable royal cartouche is present.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- Walters-AccNum 54.550 tier-2
- Walters-id 32335 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Walters Art Museum (Egyptian).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.