Sphinx of Hatshepsut
Object type: Sphinx, Hatshepsut, maned; Hatshepsut-sculpture
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Limestone, plaster
Dimensions: L. 106.7 × W. 33 × H. 63.5 cm, 196 kg (42 × 13 × 25 in., 432 lb.); H. (of base): 18 cm (7 1/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Senenmut Quarry
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1926–28
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1931
Accession year: 1931
Tags: Women|Sphinx