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Sphinx of Hatshepsut

Sphinx of Hatshepsut





Artist : Anonymous

Model : Sphinx

Material : Red granite
Acquisition : Rogers Fund (1931)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Hatshepsut
Right
Ground Floor - Section 12
Item on 21
Ancient Egypt
Sculpture

Area related
Deir el-Bahari (Egypte)
Site related :
The mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut


Description   

This statue is one of the six colossal granite sphinxes whose fragments were discovored near Hatshepsut's funerary temple at Deir el Bahri. These sphinxes may have been positioned on the lower terrace of the temple, three on either side of processional way. The inscription between the forelegs, which faces left, indicates that the sphinx originally stood on the southern side of the processional route. The restored dedication reads : "The King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Maatkara, beloved of Amun who resides in Djeser-Djeseru and given life forever".
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