Falcon-headed sphinx recumbent on a pedestal with a ramp, and a feline(?) behind, possibly a gnomon for a shadow clock or instrument
Object type: Amulet, sphinx, falcon-headed, pedestal
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
Date: 664–30 B.C.
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: L. 6.9 × W. 1.6 × H. 3 cm (2 11/16 × 5/8 × 1 3/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt  
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession year: 1917
Tags: Sphinx