statue

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Object Type: statue
Museum number: EA464
Description: Head of a limestone sphinx represented wearing the nemes; partially restored.
Cultures/periods: Graeco-Roman (?)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Sphinx (Giza), Chapel (according to Birch Slip) (in front of)
Materials: limestone
Dimensions: Height: 23 centimetres (max); Width: 21 centimetres (max); Depth: 22 centimetres (max)
Curator's comments: PM III (2): 37
Location: Not on display
Condition: incomplete - head only
Acquisition name: Donated by: Giovanni Battista Caviglia
Acquisition date: 1817
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA464
Registration number: .464
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: BS.464 (Birch Slip Number)

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