Scaraboid with Icon of a Sphinx (?)

Ovoid: 9th-7th century BC; Setting: Modern (IA II)

1.5 cm 0.9 cm 1.9 cm

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This steatite ovoid is incised with a horizontally arranged bottom design of a hawk-headed sphinx (?) with a long raised tail. The top displays a pattern with two central, parallel lines and two sets of 'V'-shaped lines on each side. The back and sides are not standardized, an...

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2180
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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4
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