AR / ITEM / 00100155
Sphinx of Kings Ramesses II and Merenptah
Ancient Egyptian · maker unknown
Red-granite sphinx stylistically dating to the late Middle Kingdom but later reinscribed for Ramesses II and Merenptah and moved to Tanis.
- Date
- Middle Kingdom monument reused in New Kingdom
- Collection
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Reference
- 6760
Plate not recorded
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Record
- Culture
- Ancient Egyptian
- Medium
- Granite
- Dimensions
- Height 170 cm; width 98 cm
- Origin
- Egypt
In the Tapestry
- Culture of origin
- Ancient EgyptA
- Culture of origin
- Middle Kingdom of EgyptA
Provenance and history
Middle Kingdom monument reused in New Kingdom
CreatedA
Sources
- A
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