Sphynx

Sfinge
Type: 
Sculpture
Year: 
End of Tolomeo's age - beginning imperial age
Material and technique: 
Pink granite of Assuan
Size: 
cm 59
Origin: 
From Rome, Campus Martius - Via di S. Ignazio (1856)
Inventory: 
inv. MC0033

Masterpieces of the hall

The hall

Palazzo Nuovo - Sala Egizia

Most of the works on display come from the “Iseo del Campo Marzio”, the most important sanctuary in Rome dedicated to the Egyptian gods.

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