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Sphinx-AO 1439b  wikidata:Q28953540 reasonator:Q28953540
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Unknown authorUnknown author Edit this at Wikidata
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Title
Sphinx-AO 1439b
label QS:Lfr,"Tête de sphinx"
label QS:Len,"Sphinx-AO 1439b"
Part of Votive throne-AO 4812 Edit this at Wikidata
Object type sculpture Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Français : Tête de sphinx phénicien
English: Head of a phoenician sphinx
Depicted people
Date circa 475 BC
date QS:P,-0475-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Medium limestone Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions length: 27 cm (10.6 in) Edit this at Wikidata; height: 40 cm (15.7 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 23 cm (9 in) Edit this at Wikidata; thickness: 27 cm (10.6 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2043,+27U174728
dimensions QS:P2048,+40U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+23U174728
dimensions QS:P2610,+27U174728
institution QS:P195,Q19675
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Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre

Room 311
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AO 1439 B (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre) Edit this at Wikidata
Object location
48° 51′ 36.6″ N, 2° 20′ 21.5″ E Edit this at Structured Data on Commons Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Object history Place of discovery: Probably Umm-el-Amed (form Hamon), Lebanon.
Credit line {{subst:Artwork/subst-provenanceorcl|type=purchase|time=1885}}
Notes This head of sphinx was probably the armrest of a votive throne called "The Throne of Astarte"
References Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010123279 Edit this at Wikidata
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Author Jebulon
Camera location48° 51′ 36.6″ N, 2° 20′ 21.5″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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