Senwosret III as a Sphinx
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 17.9.2 · public domain
Sphinx, Senwosret III; 12th-Dyn-King: Senwosret III as a Sphinx. Accession 17.9.2 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1878–1840 B.C.. Medium: Gneiss. Public domain Open Access record with credit line and museum link. Free on Serpent Earth.
- Object type
- Sphinx, Senwosret III; 12th-Dyn-King
- Period
- Middle Kingdom · Dynasty 12 · ca. 1878–1840 B.C.
- Medium
- Gneiss
- Credit line
- Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1917
- License
- CC0 (public domain)
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