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Greek Funerary Sphinx
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Greek Funerary Sphinx

A sphinx in pentelic marble, from a funerary stele, c. 570 BCE. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
Archaic Sphinx, Athenian Acropolis
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Archaic Sphinx, Athenian Acropolis

Archaic period sphinx (6th century BCE), Acropolis Museum, Athens.
Head of a Sphinx from Vulci
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Head of a Sphinx from Vulci

This head belonged to a crouching sphinx with a lion's body and wings. It stood wither on a tumulus or as a "sentinel" at the entrance to the grave. Nenfro (tuff). From Vulci, Italy. Circa 600 BCE. It is on display at...
Egyptian Sphinx Head
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Egyptian Sphinx Head

Limestone sphinx head from the Ptolemaic period, Medinet Madi, Temple of Isis-Thermutis. (Egyptian Museum, Castello Sforzesco, Milan)
Ivory Sphinx from Nimrud
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Ivory Sphinx from Nimrud

This ivory plaque is virtually complete but burnt (partly black and partly grey). It depicts the bearded head and forequarters of a sphinx, advancing left with head turned outwards. This is one of the rare examples of the...
Sphinx of Amasis
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Sphinx of Amasis

A basanite statue of a sphinx with the features of pharaoh Amasis. 26th Dynasty, 568-526 BCE. From the Temple of Isis in the Campus Martius, Rome. (Capitoline Museums, Rome)
Striding Sphinx Furniture Inlay
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Striding Sphinx Furniture Inlay

This object is an ivory furniture inlay depicting a striding sphinx. It was excavated from Samaria and dates to the Iron Age II (9th–8th century BCE). It has a length of 3.3 cm and a width of 2.6 cm. (The Israel Museum...
Sphinx
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Sphinx

Sphinx from a mausoleum at Arausio, (Orange, France), 1st century BCE. Archaeological Museum of Orange.
Hittite Sphinx
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Hittite Sphinx

This basalt Hittite sphinx was placed at the entrance into the palace number three at Sam'al (modern-day Sinjerli, Gaziantep, Turkey). Late Hittite period, 8th century BCE. (Istanbul Archaeological Museums/Ancient Orient Museum...
Sphinx in black granite
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Sphinx in black granite

Sphinx in black granite; from Tanis. Drawn by G. Bénédite. From A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. II by Georges Perrot and Charles Chipiez (1883).
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