AR / ITEM / 00100043
Sphinx of Hatshepsut
Maker unknown
A small limestone sphinx of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut from her mortuary temple complex at Deir el-Bahri.
- Date
- ca. 1473–1458 BCE
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Reference
- 547751
Record
- Period
- New Kingdom; Dynasty 18; Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
- Medium
- Limestone, plaster
- Dimensions
- L. 106.7 × W. 33 × H. 63.5 cm, 196 kg (42 × 13 × 25 in., 432 lb.); H. (of base): 18 cm (7 1/16 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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