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Senwosret III as a Sphinx

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Description

Gneiss

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

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

A stone sphinx statue with a pharaoh's head.

The artifact is a statue depicting a sphinx, which combines a lion's body with a pharaoh's head. The statue exhibits stylized features typical of Egyptian art, such as the nemes headdress and a false beard. The carving style and smooth finish indicate skilled craftsmanship.

royal Middle Kingdom excellent
Royals Amenemhat III
Materials stone
Signs scarab

Connections

Found at Karnak
Royals Amenemhat III
Materials Stone

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)
About this record's data
  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.