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title: Pottery Plate with a Seated Sphinx
author: The Trustees of the British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15149/pottery-plate-with-a-seated-sphinx/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Pottery Plate with a Seated Sphinx

_Authored by The Trustees of the British Museum_

## Image File

[![Pottery Plate with a Seated Sphinx](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15149.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15149.jpg)

## Image Caption

[Pottery](https://www.worldhistory.org/pottery/) plate with a seated [sphinx](https://www.worldhistory.org/sphinx/), made in [Greece](https://www.worldhistory.org/greece/), 6th century BCE, found in the Sanctuary of [Aphrodite](https://www.worldhistory.org/Aphrodite/), [Naukratis](https://www.worldhistory.org/Naukratis/), [Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/egypt/).

The British Museum, London.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museum, T. T. o. t. B. (2022, January 18). Pottery Plate with a Seated Sphinx. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15149/pottery-plate-with-a-seated-sphinx/>
### Chicago
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Pottery Plate with a Seated Sphinx." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 18, 2022. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15149/pottery-plate-with-a-seated-sphinx/>.
### MLA
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Pottery Plate with a Seated Sphinx." *World History Encyclopedia*, 18 Jan 2022, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15149/pottery-plate-with-a-seated-sphinx/>.

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