Head, female
Date600-540 BC
PeriodProto-Cypriote
MediumLimestone
DimensionsHEIGHT: 5 1/16 in. (12.8 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.1656
The mythological sphinx in Greek form has a lion’s body, human head, and wings. This female figure is heavily jeweled and her neck angles like other sphinxes at Amathus that crouch and support an incense burner bowl. Here instead the top of her head is the incense burner.
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Not on view
480-380 BC
540-450 BC
480-380 BC
50 BC- AD 250
560-520 BC
325-50 BC
50 BC- AD 250
