Female sphinx head wearing a flowered headdress, ear caps, earrings, and choker
Datesecond half of the 5th century BCE
Periodearly to mid-Classical
CultureCypriot
MediumLimestone with red paint
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.1645
On View
Not on viewHeight: 4 7/8 in. (12.32 cm)
Width: 3 7/8 in. (9.77 cm)
Thickness: 3 9/16 in. (9.07 cm)
Mount pin
Length: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Diameter: 3/16 in. (0.55 cm)
Face
Height: 2 7/16 in. (6.12 cm)
Width (at cheeks): 2 3/16 in. 5.62 cm
Headdress
Height (right side): 1 1/8 in. (2.78 cm)
Height (at back): 1 3/16 in. (3.03 cm)
Earcap (left)
Height: 5/8 in. (1.62 cm)
Width: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
Earcap (right)
Height: 5/8 in. (1.55 cm)
Width: 3/4 in. (1.85 cm)
Pendant earring (left)
Length: 3/4 in. (1.84 cm)
Width: 5/16 in. (0.78 cm)
Pendant earring (right)
Length: 3/4 in. (1.86 cm)
Width: 5/16 in. (0.80 cm)
Spiral earring (left ear)
Width: 5/16 in. (0.81 cm)
Diameter: 3/8 in. (0.92 cm)
Spiral earring (right)
Width: 5/16 in. (0.76 cm)
Choker strand
Width (pendant of choker broken off): 1/16 in. (0.18 cm)
Diameter (of flowers in headdress): 1/2 in. (1.3 to 1.35 cm)
Medium Details
Color
Stone: 2.5Y 8/2 (pale yellow)
Paint: 10R 5/6 (red)
Inclusions
n/a
second half of the 5th century BCE
first half of the 6th century BCE
second half of the 4th century BCE
second quarter of the 6th c. BCE
3rd–1st century BCE
5th century BCE