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Small limestone stela with rounded top. Image of sphinx standing on a pedestal [ILLUSTRATION]. To the right, above the sphinx, a falcon standing, wearing the Double Crown, with inscription [GLYPHS]. At the bottom of the stela, a horizontal line of inscription, with name of Teku [GLYPHS].
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- ID
- EMC_JE_50046
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- Department
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Classification
- Architectural elements-Freestanding stelae and obelisks
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- Findspot
- Sphinx
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- Material
- Limestone
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- Dimensions
- 36 x 31 cm
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- Credit Line
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Cairo Special Register number
- EMC_SR_8V/5698
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- Period
- New Kingdom
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- Excavator
- Émile Baraize, French, 1874–1952
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- Object owned by
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Attested
- Teku (near Sphinx)
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- Notes
- Found by Baraize while excavating the sphinx, 1925-1926.
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- Remarks
- RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_X_Sp294LR; RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Emile Baraize; Teku (near Sphinx); RELATED SITE(S): Sphinx
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- Site Name Sphinx Complex
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Hassan, Great Sphinx 22, 308 pl. ix.
Ancient People
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- Type Attested
- Remarks RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_X_Sp294LR; RELATED SITE(S): Sphinx
Modern People
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- Type Excavator
- Nationality & Dates French, 1874–1952
- Remarks French engineer working for the Service des Antiquities who excavated around the Sphinx from 1926-1936.
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- Type Object owned by
