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