AR / ITEM / 00100178

Sphinx of King Amenemhat III

Ancient Egyptian · maker unknown

Dark-granite royal sphinx attributed to Amenemhat III and later reinscribed by successive rulers, including Ramesses II and Merenptah.

Date
Middle Kingdom
Collection
Grand Egyptian Museum
Reference
1381

Plate not recorded
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Record

Culture
Ancient Egyptian
Medium
Granite
Dimensions
Height 144 cm; width 72 cm; length 248.5 cm
Origin
Egypt

In the Tapestry

Culture of origin
Ancient EgyptA
Culture of origin
Middle Kingdom of EgyptA

Provenance and history

  1. 1861

    Discovered at TanisA

    GEM records the sphinx as discovered at Tanis in 1861.

  2. Middle Kingdom

    CreatedA

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