Head and Shoulders of a Sphinx of Hatshepsut
Object type: Sphinx, Hatshepsut
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Granite, paint
Dimensions: h. 120.3 cm (47 3/8 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Senenmut Quarry & temple courts
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1926–28
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1931
Accession year: 1931
Tags: Sphinx