AR / ITEM / 00100041
Head and Shoulders of a Sphinx of Hatshepsut
Maker unknown
A monumental fragment of a granite sphinx of Hatshepsut retaining traces of ancient blue and yellow paint.
- Date
- ca. 1473–1458 BCE
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Reference
- 549029
Record
- Period
- New Kingdom; Dynasty 18; Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
- Medium
- Granite, paint
- Dimensions
- h. 120.3 cm (47 3/8 in)
- Origin
- Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt
In the Tapestry
- Culture of origin
- Ancient EgyptA
- Culture of origin
- Egyptian EmpireA
Provenance and history
ca. 1473–1458 BCE
CreatedA
Sources
- A
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