Sphinx of King Psamtik II
Sphinxes served as temple figures. Combining the muscular body of a reclining lion with the head of a royal human, the sphinx was a powerful symbol of the ancient Egyptian concept of divine kingship. Although now headless, this sphinx retains part of its striped nemes head clo...
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Sculpture
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33156
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sculpture
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stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Lower Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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rightsUri
CC0
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en
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pageCount
5
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import
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style
Saitic
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