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Date : approx. between 580 and 575 B.C.
Material : Marble
Acquisition : (1924)
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Greek Antiquities
Element of architecture
Area related
Attique (Greece)
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Inscribed on the plinth : "I an the monument of ... linos". This sphinx and capital one crowned the tall grave shaft of a youth or man named Philinos or Thalinos. They belong to the earliest type of grave stele produced in Attica during the sixth century B.C. Stylistically, the sphinx is related to such early statues as the kouros (youth) displayed in the gallery to the left. It has the same four-sided structure with grooved indications of anatomical forms and large, flat, stylized features. In the early Archaic period, Greek sculptors learned much from the Egyptians about carving large-scale stone monuments. The simple concave form of this capital imitates the cavetto molding often found in the Egyptian architecture.
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