Silver Statuette of a Sphinx (Dendera Treasure Hoards)

Silver Statuette of a Sphinx (Dendera Treasure Hoards)
Silver Statuette of a Sphinx (Dendera Treasure Hoards)
 

GEM Number

2567

Collection

Main Galleries

Period

Graeco-Roman

Description

A silver statuette of a sphinx, discovered in 1918, among other objects in the Dendera Treasure Hoard (a cache of votive silver, gold and bronze objects discovered in 1918 near the sacred lake of the temple of Dendera). The sphinx wears a nemes headcloth, a broad collar and its eyes were probably inlaid.

Region
Upper Egypt
Area
Qena
Silver

Height

16 cm

Width

8 cm

Length

27 cm