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Senwosret III as a Sphinx Middle KingdomKarnak

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Description

Sphinx, Senwosret III; 12th-Dyn-King. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Senwosret III, ca. 1878–1840 B.C. Gneiss. L. 73 × W. 29.5 × H. 42.5 cm, 114.3 kg (28 3/4 × 11 5/8 × 16 3/4 in., 252 lb.). Possibly from: Karnak, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Subject: Hieroglyphs, Sphinx, MK-Kings. Credit: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1917.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.

Connections

Found at Karnak
Royals Senwosret III
Materials Gneiss

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q29385769 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 17.9.2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544186 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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