<em>Figure of a Seated Sphinx</em>, 332–31 B.C.E. Faience, 1 3/16 x 5/16 x 15/16 in. (3 x 0.8 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.97. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.97_view4.jpg)

Figure of a Seated Sphinx, 332–31 B.C.E. Faience, 1 3/16 x 5/16 x 15/16 in. (3 x 0.8 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.97. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.97_view4.jpg)

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Figure of a Seated Sphinx

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Faience

Place Collected: Egypt

DATES 332–31 B.C.E.

PERIOD Ptolemaic Period to Roman Period

DIMENSIONS 1 3/16 x 5/16 x 15/16 in. (3 x 0.8 x 2.4 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 08.480.97

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Small brown, originally green, faience figure of a seated sphinx with cat (?) body and human head, used as amulet. Three side-locks on head. Oblong base. Area between front legs and paws cut out. Condition: Glaze badly worn. Some traces of original green glaze. Entire surface very dirty.

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Figure of a Seated Sphinx, 332–31 B.C.E. Faience, 1 3/16 x 5/16 x 15/16 in. (3 x 0.8 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.97. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.97_view4.jpg)

IMAGE overall, CUR.08.480.97_view4.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2014

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