Text: Great Sphinx Preference:
preferred Text: Abu al-Hawl Preference:
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Creation
Creator Description: unknown Egyptian
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Identity:unknown Egyptian Role:artist
Authority
Authority
Creation Date:
Fourth Dynasty, reign of King Khafre (ca. 2575-ca.
2465 BCE) Earliest:-2585 Latest: -2455
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Measurements
Dimensions Description: 20 m (height)
(66 feet); 73 m (length) (240 feet)
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Value: 20 Unit: m Type:
height Value: 73 Unit: m Type:
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Materials and Techniques
Description: limestone, carved from
live rock
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Material Name: limestone Technique Name: rock-cut sculpture
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Subject Matter
Indexing Terms:
religion/mythology
portrait
sphinx
(Egyptian iconograph)
King
Khafre (Egyptian king, ca. 2575-ca. 2465 BCE)
Pharaonic
power
Sun
God (Egyptian deity)
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Descriptive Note
Text: The Sphinx is an embodiment
of kingship, placed to the south of the Great Pyramid
at Giza. It is probably intended to represent King
Khafre, although later generations believed that it
was the Sun God.
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Citation: Janson, History of Art (1986) Page: 60 ff.
