Object register page:
Steatite votive sphinx. Poor, late work; right paw broken.
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- ID
- EMC_JE_53669
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- Department
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Classification
- Sculpture
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- Findspot
- Near Sphinx
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- Material
- Blue-green glazed steatite
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- Dimensions
- L 3.7 cm
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- Credit Line
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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- Cairo Special Register number
- EMC_SR_3/7122
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- Period
- Late Period
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- Excavator
- Émile Baraize, French, 1874–1952
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- Object owned by
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo
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
Name of this image
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