| Object Number |
48-10-13 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Provenience |
Egypt |
| Period |
New Kingdom |
| Date Made |
1539 - 1075 BCE |
| Section |
Egyptian |
| Materials |
Steatite |
| Description |
Chipped. Inscribed with Maat, goddess of truth and couchant royal sphinx, behind which is the usual title: "Good god (lord) of the two lands." Enclosed in the demi-cartouche below is the title: "May Horus live eternally". |
| Credit Line |
Gift of James S. Collins, 1948 |
Current & Past Exhibitions
This object has never been on display.
Bibliography
| Wegner, Josef W., and Jennifer H. Wegner. The Sphinx That Traveled To Philadelphia. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015. Page/Fig./Plate: 239 Page/Fig./Plate: 228/8.63 |
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| Wegner, Jennifer H. "Sphinx Celebrating a Centennial in Phildelphia." Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 56, no. 2. (2014): 30-36. Page/Fig./Plate: 35 |
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