File:Falcon-headed sphinx recumbent on a pedestal with a ramp, and a feline(?) behind, possibly a gnomon for a shadow clock or instrument MET LC-17 194 2474 EGDP023841.jpg

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Falcon-headed sphinx recumbent on a pedestal with a ramp, and a feline(?) behind, possibly a gnomon for a shadow clock or instrument (MET, 17.194.2474)

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English: Falcon-headed sphinx recumbent on a pedestal with a ramp, and a feline(?) behind, possibly a gnomon for a shadow clock or instrument   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Title
English: Falcon-headed sphinx recumbent on a pedestal with a ramp, and a feline(?) behind, possibly a gnomon for a shadow clock or instrument
Description
English: Amulet, sphinx, falcon-headed, pedestal
Date
English: 664–30 B.C.
  • Period: Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
Medium
English: Ivory
Dimensions
English: L. 6.9 × W. 1.6 × H. 3 cm (2 11/16 × 5/8 × 1 3/16 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Egyptian Art
Accession number
17.194.2474
Place of discovery
English: From Egypt
Credit line
English: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Source/Photographer

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/570309

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