Great Sphinx of Tanis
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The Great Sphinx of Tanis is an ancient Egyptian granite sphinx statue, likely dating to the Middle Kingdom, renowned as one of the largest and most impressive Egyptian sculptures housed outside Egypt.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian sculpture
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granite sculpture → monumental statue → sphinx statue → |
| acquisitionBy |
Louvre Museum
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| acquisitionMethod |
excavation at Tanis
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| artStyle |
Middle Kingdom royal style
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| collection |
Department of Egyptian Antiquities of the Louvre
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| conservationStatus |
well preserved
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| culture |
Ancient Egypt
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| displayedIn |
Louvre, Sully Wing
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Louvre, ground floor → |
| function |
royal monument
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symbol of royal power → |
| hasBodyOf |
lion
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| hasFeature |
elongated lion body
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front paws extended forward → royal false beard (partly damaged) → |
| hasHeaddress |
nemes headdress
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| hasHeadOf |
human
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| hasRoyalInsignia |
uraeus cobra
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| height |
approximately 1.8 meters
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| iconography |
royal sphinx
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| inscribedFor |
Amenemhat II
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Merneptah → Shoshenq I → |
| languageOfInscriptions |
Egyptian hieroglyphs
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| length |
approximately 4.8 meters
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| likelyDate |
Middle Kingdom of Egypt
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circa 20th century BCE → |
| locatedIn |
Louvre Museum
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| locatedInCity |
Paris
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| locatedInCountry |
France
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| madeIn |
Egypt
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| material |
granite
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| notableFor |
being one of the largest Egyptian sphinxes outside Egypt
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high quality of carving → well-preserved facial features → |
| originalFindspot |
Tanis
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| originalFindspotCountry |
Egypt
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| originalFindspotRegion |
Nile Delta
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| period |
Pharaonic Egypt
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| represents |
a recumbent sphinx
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| reusedBy |
later pharaohs
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| subjectHeading |
Egyptian sculpture
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Sphinxes (Mythology) in art → |
| weight |
approximately 12 tons
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| width |
approximately 1.5 meters
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Louvre Museum
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