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Fragment of a crouching sphinx
Cypriote
Cypro-Archaic Period
mid 6th century B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Marble (?)
Dimensions
Overall: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.168
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionFragment from a tripod bowl in the form of a crouching sphinx. Concave surface of bask sugests that it once adorned a bowl; head badly damaged.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 28, 1885: voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over February 1886. (Accession Date: January 1, 1886)