MAKE A MEME View Large Image Egyptian - Sphinx of King Psamtik II - Walters 22104 - Three Quarter.jpg Sphinxes served as temple figures Combining the muscular body of a reclining lion with the head of a royal human the sphinx was a powerful symbol of the ancient ...
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Keywords: Egyptian - Sphinx of King Psamtik II - Walters 22104 - Three Quarter.jpg Sphinxes served as temple figures Combining the muscular body of a reclining lion with the head of a royal human the sphinx was a powerful symbol of the ancient Egyptian concept of divine kingship Although now headless this sphinx retains part of its striped nemes head cloth worn only by Egypt's monarchs and meant to represent a hooded cobra a royal symbol Originally created for another king the sphinx's first inscription was replaced by one naming King Psamtik II between 664 589 BC Late Period greywacke cm 39 94 28 5 accession number 22 104 33156 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1909 place of origin Thebes in present-day Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian statues in the Walters Art Museum Psammetichus II Statues of Egyptian sphinxes Statues of the 26th dynasty of Egypt Ancient Egyptian art made from greywacke
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